TY - JOUR T1 - Postnatal cardiovascular adaptation JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F220 LP - F224 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314453 VL - 104 IS - 2 AU - Andrew William Gill Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/104/2/F220.abstract N2 - The heart undergoes rapid transformations in function during the transition to extrauterine life. Our understanding of the adaptive physiology underlying this process is able to inform the clinical management of infants who are struggling to complete this complex transition. Much of our knowledge of the cardiac transition is derived from the preterm infant in whom the preparative adaptations are incomplete and clinical sequelae all too common. This review will re-examine the cardiac transition highlighting the physiology that drives it and suggest appropriate clinical intervention to support the process. ER -