Copenhagen Baby Heart

Copenhagen Baby Heart is an observational, cohort study of \>30.000 children born in the Copenhagen area 2016-2018. Newborns are examined with echocardiography, electrocardiogram, measurements of oxygen saturation and analyses of umbilical cord blood. The main objectives of the baseline assessments in Copenhagen Baby Heart are to assess the prevalence of congenital and inherited heart disease unrecognized prenatally, to assess the yield of routine echocardiography shortly after birth and to establish reference values for echocardiography in Danish neonates. Prospective follow-up of the birth cohort is planned with the purpose to assess the life-long development of cardiovascular disease as well as other conditions and to study associations between both pre- and postnatal exposure and disease, including life style, environmental and genetic factors.