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JTCVS Open, 2023 Objectives: To develop a more holistic measure of center performance than operative mortality, we created a composite “textbook outcome” for the Norwood operation using several postoperative end points. We hypothesized that achieving the textbook outcome
Neel K. Prabhu, MD +8 more
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Oral Clefts with Associated Anomalies: Findings in the Hungarian Congenital Abnormality Registry [PDF]
, 2005 BACKGROUND: Over the years, great efforts have been made to record the frequency of orofacial clefts in different populations. However, very few studies were able to account for the etiological and phenotypic heterogeneity of these conditions. Thus, data
Czeizel, Andrew E. +2 more
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International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) represents a rare but severe and potentially life-threatening complication following Fontan operation in patients with a functional single ventricle.
Rosaria Barracano +4 more
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A “long-standing” malpositioned pacing lead. Long-term follow-up after extraction
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018 Transvenous pacemaker (PM) catheters can be unintentionally placed in the left ventricle (LV) during the implantation procedure. An 8-year-old girl was discovered with a malpositioned pm wire, seven years after the implant.
Berardo Sarubbi +5 more
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Imaging of ventricular septal defect: Native and post-repair
International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 Cardiac imaging using a combination of multiple modalities has become an essential tool in the management of adults with congenital heart disease with the potential to improve the outcome.
Flavia Fusco +4 more
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Cell Death and Disease, 2021 Impaired autophagy and excessive apoptosis disrupt cellular homeostasis and contribute to neural tube defects (NTDs), which are a group of fatal and disabling birth defects caused by the failure of neural tube closure during early embryonic development ...
Wanqi Huang +8 more
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MEF2C regulates outflow tract alignment and transcriptional control of Tdgf1 [PDF]
, 2016 Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in humans, and those that affect the proper alignment of the outflow tracts and septation of the ventricles are a highly significant cause of morbidity and mortality in infants.
Barnes, Ralston M. +9 more
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International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart DiseaseIntroduction: The number of adults with congenital heart disease has significantly increased in recent years. While telemedicine has emerged as a promising approach to improve care delivery and patient outcomes, its use for adults with congenital ...
Nunzia Borrelli +8 more
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Pulmonary Circulation, 2020 Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic disease developing progressively with high mortality. Pulmonary hypertension patients need persistent medical care; however, limited reports focused on them when there was an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in ...
Hongmei Zhou +7 more
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Human Cytomegalovirus: detection of congenital and perinatal infection in Argentina [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most commonly found agents of congenital infections. Primary maternal infection is associated with risk of symptomatic congenital diseases, and high morbidity is frequently associated with very low ...
Alicia Alonso +25 more
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