Anne-Claire Thieulin

Publications (8)25.26 Total impact

• Article: Clinical and socioeconomic predictors of pregnancy termination for fetuses with congenital heart defects: a population-based evaluation.

  Karim Tararbit, Thi Thanh Thao Bui, Nathalie Lelong, Anne-Claire Thieulin, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood
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  ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: This study aims to (1) evaluate the probability and timing of termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFA) for all congenital heart defects (CHD) and categories of CHD and (2) assess clinical and socioeconomic predictors of TOPFA for isolated CHD excluding ventricular septal defects (VSD). METHODS: Using population-based data from the Paris Registry of Congenital Malformations, we assessed the probability of TOPFA and gestational age at TOPFA. We used logistic regression to estimate the adjusted effects of maternal characteristics, clinical factors (CHD type, fetal growth restriction, nuchal translucency measurement and gestational age at prenatal diagnosis) on the odds of TOPFA. RESULTS: The proportion of TOPFA for prenatally diagnosed CHD was 46% for all CHD combined, 82% for CHD associated with chromosomal anomalies and 27% for isolated CHD-VSD excluded. Isolated CHD-VSD excluded diagnosed before 22 weeks of gestational age had a 3.2-fold higher odds of TOPFA (adjusted OR 3.2, 95%CI 1.4-7.1). Maternal occupation was not associated with the odds of TOPFA. Women of African origin had a tenfold lower odds of TOPFA than women of French origin (adjusted OR 0.1, 95%CI 0.02-0.4). CONCLUSION: In addition to severity of CHD, early prenatal diagnosis and maternal characteristics were highly associated with the probability of TOPFA for CHD. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  Prenatal Diagnosis 01/2013; · 2.11 Impact Factor
• Article: The risk for four specific congenital heart defects associated with assisted reproductive techniques: a population-based evaluation.

  Karim Tararbit, Nathalie Lelong, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Lucile Houyel, Damien Bonnet, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood
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  ABSTRACT: STUDY QUESTION: Are the risks of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and coarctation of the aorta increased in infants conceived by different assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs)? STUDY ANSWER: ARTs, and particularly intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), are specifically associated with a higher risk of TOF. WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN: ARTs are associated with an increase in the overall risk of birth defects. The risk for congenital heart defects (CHDs) associated with ARTs has been evaluated as a whole but there is limited information on the risks for specific CHDs. STUDY DESIGN, MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a case-control study using population-based data from the Paris registry of congenital malformations for the period 1987-2009 and a cohort study of CHD (EPICARD) on 1583 cases of CHDs and 4104 malformed controls with no known associations with ARTs. ARTs included ovulation induction only, IVF and ICSI. RESULTS: Exposure to ARTs was significantly higher for TOF than controls (6.6 versus 3.5%, P = 0.002); this was not the case for the other three CHDs. ARTs (all methods combined) were associated with a 2.4-fold higher odds of TOF after adjustment for maternal characteristics, paternal age and year of birth [adjusted odds ratios (OR): 2.4, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.5-3.7] with the highest risk associated with ICSI (adjusted OR: 3.0, 95% CI: 1.0-8.9). No statistically significant associations were found for the other CHDs. LIMITATIONS: Our study cannot disentangle to what extent the observed associations between the risk of TOF and ARTs are due to causal effects of ARTs and/or the underlying infertility problems of couples who conceive following ART. IMPLICATIONS: The developmental basis of the specific association between the risk of TOF and ARTs need to be further investigated. FUNDING: This work was supported by grants from the Agence de Biomédecine (Saint-Denis La Plaine, France) (to B.K.). The Paris Registry of Congenital Malformations received financial support from INSERM (Paris, France) and the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (Saint-Maurice, France). The EPICARD study was supported by three grants from the Ministry of Health (PHRC 2004, 2008 and 2011). Additional funding for the EPICARD study was provided by the AREMCAR Association (Association pour la Recherche et l'Etude des Maladies Cardiovasculaires). COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
  Human Reproduction 11/2012; · 4.47 Impact Factor
• Article: Preterm Birth and Congenital Heart Defects: A Population-based Study.

  Enora Laas, Nathalie Lelong, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Lucile Houyel, Damien Bonnet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Gilles Kayem, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood
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  ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth (PTB) and congenital heart defect (CHD) are 2 major causes of mortality and disability of perinatal origin. There are limited data on the relation between CHD and PTB. Our objective was to use population-based data to estimate the risk of PTB in newborns with CHD and to study specific associations between categories of CHD and PTB. METHODS: We used data from a population-based cohort study of CHD (EPIdémiologique sur le devenir des enfants porteurs de CARDiopathies congénitales study), including 2189 live births with CHD (excluding isolated atrial septal defects) born between 2005 and 2008. We categorized CHD by using an anatomic and clinical classification. Data from the French National Perinatal Survey of 2003 were used to compare PTB in the EPIdémiologique sur le devenir des enfants porteurs de CARDiopathies congénitales study to that of the general population. RESULTS: Of the newborns with CHD, 13.5% were preterm. The odds of PTB were twofold higher than for the general population (odds ratio 2.0, 95% confidence interval 1.6-2.5), essentially due to an increase in spontaneous PTB for newborns with CHD. The risk of PTB associated with CHD persisted after exclusion of chromosomal or other anomalies. There were significant variations in risk of PTB across the categories of CHD after adjustment for known risk factors of PTB and factors related to medical management of pregnancy and delivery. CONCLUSIONS: We found a higher risk of PTB in newborns with CHD, which was essentially due to spontaneous PTB. Risk of PTB varied for categories of CHD. Our finding may be helpful for generating hypotheses about the developmental links between CHD and PTB.
  PEDIATRICS 09/2012; 130(4):e829-e837. · 4.47 Impact Factor
• Article: Prevalence, timing of diagnosis and mortality of newborns with congenital heart defects: a population-based study.

  Babak Khoshnood, Nathalie Lelong, Lucile Houyel, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Jean-Marie Jouannic, Suzel Magnier, Anne-Lise Delezoide, Jean-François Magny, Caroline Rambaud, Damien Bonnet, François Goffinet
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  ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence, timing of diagnosis and infant mortality of congenital heart defects (CHD) with population-based data and using a classification that allows regrouping of the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code into a manageable number of categories based on anatomic and clinical criteria (ACC-CHD). DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. SETTING: Greater Paris. PATIENTS: All cases (live births, terminations of pregnancy for foetal anomaly (TOPFA), foetal deaths) diagnosed prenatally, or up to 1 year of age in the birth cohorts, May 2005-April 2008, for women in Greater Paris (n=317 538 births). Diagnoses were confirmed in specialised centres and subsequently coded and classified into the categories of ACC-CHD by paediatric cardiologists in the study group. RESULTS: The total number of CHD was 2867, including 2348 live births (82%), 466 TOPFA (16.2%) and 53 foetal deaths (1.8%). The total prevalence of CHD was 90 per 10 000. After exclusion of ventricular septal defects (VSD), 40% of 'isolated' CHD was diagnosed prenatally with about one half of the remaining diagnosed before 7 days of age. Nevertheless, one in five cases of these major CHD was diagnosed after the fourth week. Infant mortality of 'isolated' CHD-VSD excluded was 8.5% with 40% of deaths occurring after the fourth week of life. These outcomes varied substantially across categories of ACC-CHD. CONCLUSIONS: Timing of diagnosis, TOPFA, risk and timing of infant mortality were highly variable across the categories of CHD in ACC-CHD, suggesting that it may be a useful measure of severity, and hence, predictor of outcomes of CHD.
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 08/2012; · 4.22 Impact Factor
• Article: Predictors of infant foster care in cases of maternal psychiatric disorders.

  Nine M-C Glangeaud-Freudenthal, Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Véronique Dagens, Marie-Agathe Zimmermann, Alain Debourg, Corinne Amzallag, Odile Cazas, Rafaële Cammas, Marie-Emmanuelle Klopfert, Christine Rainelli, Pascale Tielemans, Claudine Mertens, Michel Maron, Sylvie Nezelof, François Poinso
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  ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: Our aim was to investigate the factors associated with mother-child separation at discharge, after joint hospitalization in psychiatric mother-baby units (MBUs) in France and Belgium. Because parents with postpartum psychiatric disorders are at risk of disturbed parent-infant interactions, their infants have an increased risk of an unstable early foundation. They may be particularly vulnerable to environmental stress and have a higher risk of developing some psychiatric disorders in adulthood. METHODS: This prospective longitudinal study of 1,018 women with postpartum psychiatric disorders, jointly admitted with their infant to 16 French and Belgian psychiatric mother-baby units (MBUs), used multifactorial logistic regression models to assess the risk factors for mother-child separation at discharge from MBUs. Those factors include some infant characteristics associated with personal vulnerability, parents' pathology and psychosocial context. RESULTS: Most children were discharged with their mothers, but 151 (15 %) were separated from their mothers at discharge. Risk factors independently associated with separation were: (1) neonatal or infant medical problems or complications; (2) maternal psychiatric disorder; (3) paternal psychiatric disorder; (4) maternal lack of good relationship with others; (5) mother receipt of disability benefits; (6) low social class. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the existence of factors other than maternal pathology that lead to decisions to separate mother and child for the child's protection in a population of mentally ill mothers jointly hospitalized with the baby in the postpartum period.
  Social Psychiatry 06/2012; · 2.05 Impact Factor
• Article: Measurement of nuchal translucency for prenatal screening of congenital heart defects: a population-based evaluation.

  Jean-Marie Jouannic, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Damien Bonnet, Lucile Houyel, Nathalie Lelong, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood
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  ABSTRACT: (1) Assess sensitivity of the measurement of nuchal translucency (NT), for the prenatal screening of congenital heart defect (CHD) on population-based data; (2) examine whether the sensitivity of NT varies for specific types of cardiac defects. Using population-based data of the Paris Registry of Congenital Malformation for 935 fetuses with CHD and without chromosomal anomalies for the period 2001 to 2007, we calculated sensitivity of NT, its positive predictive value and likelihood ratio, for all CHD and for six types of CHD. Sensitivity of NT was 7.1 and 4.2% for the 2.5 and 3.5 mm cut-off values, respectively; when isolated ventricular septal defects were excluded, sensitivity increased to 9.9 and 6.3%. Positive predictive values were 1.1 and 3.2% for 2.5 and 3.5 mm cut-offs, respectively. Of the six defects examined, sensitivity of NT was highest for heterotaxy followed by hypoplastic left heart syndrome and coarctation of aorta. Prevalence of CHD was about fourfold higher for fetuses with NT ≥ 3.5 mm (3.2%) than in the general population. This higher risk is comparable to that of other risk factors commonly used for early referral to specialized echocardiography. Nevertheless, our results, suggest that NT is not a very effective or efficient tool for the prenatal screening of CHD.
  Prenatal Diagnosis 12/2011; 31(13):1264-9. · 2.11 Impact Factor
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  Article: Population-based evaluation of a suggested anatomic and clinical classification of congenital heart defects based on the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code.

  Lucile Houyel, Babak Khoshnood, Robert H Anderson, Nathalie Lelong, Anne-Claire Thieulin, François Goffinet, Damien Bonnet
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  ABSTRACT: Classification of the overall spectrum of congenital heart defects (CHD) has always been challenging, in part because of the diversity of the cardiac phenotypes, but also because of the oft-complex associations. The purpose of our study was to establish a comprehensive and easy-to-use classification of CHD for clinical and epidemiological studies based on the long list of the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC). We coded each individual malformation using six-digit codes from the long list of IPCCC. We then regrouped all lesions into 10 categories and 23 subcategories according to a multi-dimensional approach encompassing anatomic, diagnostic and therapeutic criteria. This anatomic and clinical classification of congenital heart disease (ACC-CHD) was then applied to data acquired from a population-based cohort of patients with CHD in France, made up of 2867 cases (82% live births, 1.8% stillbirths and 16.2% pregnancy terminations). The majority of cases (79.5%) could be identified with a single IPCCC code. The category "Heterotaxy, including isomerism and mirror-imagery" was the only one that typically required more than one code for identification of cases. The two largest categories were "ventricular septal defects" (52%) and "anomalies of the outflow tracts and arterial valves" (20% of cases). Our proposed classification is not new, but rather a regrouping of the known spectrum of CHD into a manageable number of categories based on anatomic and clinical criteria. The classification is designed to use the code numbers of the long list of IPCCC but can accommodate ICD-10 codes. Its exhaustiveness, simplicity, and anatomic basis make it useful for clinical and epidemiologic studies, including those aimed at assessment of risk factors and outcomes.
  Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 10/2011; 6:64. · 5.83 Impact Factor
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  Article: Inpatient mother-and-child postpartum psychiatric care: Factors associated with improvement in maternal mental health.

  Nine Glangeaud-Freudenthal, Anne-Laure Sutter, Anne-Claire Thieulin, Véronique Dagens-Lafont, Marie-Agathe Zimmermann, Alain Debourg, Blanche Massari, Odile Cazas, Rafaële Cammas, Christine Rainelli, François Poinso, Michel Maron, Sylvie Nezelof, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Babak Khoshnood
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  ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: This study assessed the underexplored factors associated with significant improvement in mothers' mental health during postpartum inpatient psychiatric care. METHODS: This study analyzed clinical improvement in a prospective cohort of 869 women jointly admitted with their infant to 13 psychiatric Mother-Baby Units (MBUs) in France between 2001 and 2007. Predictive variables tested were: maternal mental illness (ICD-10), sociodemographic characteristics, mental illness and childhood abuse history, acute or chronic disorder, pregnancy and birth data, characteristics and mental health of the mother's partner, and MBU characteristics. RESULTS: Two thirds of the women improved significantly by discharge. Admission for 25% was for a first acute episode very early after childbirth. Independent factors associated with marked improvement at discharge were bipolar or depressive disorder, a first acute episode or relapse of such an episode. Schizophrenia, a personality disorder, and poor social integration (as measured by occupational status) were all related to poor clinical outcomes. DISCUSSION: Most women improved significantly while under care in MBUs. Our results emphasize the importance of the type of disease but also its chronicity and the social integration when providing postpartum psychiatric care.
  European Psychiatry.