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Heart Development and Congenital Structural Heart Defects [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 2021
Congenital heart disease is the most frequent birth defect and the leading cause of death for the fetus and in the first year of life. The wide phenotypic diversity of congenital heart defects requires expert diagnosis and sophisticated repair surgery. Although these defects have been described since the seventeenth century, it was only in 2005 that a ...
Sigolène M. Meilhac   +2 more
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Congenital Heart Defects and Twinning [PDF]

open access: bronzeActa geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research, 1984
AbstractA preliminary analysis of twins or triplets with heart defects, ascertained in five centres, confirms earlier suggestions that monozygotic (MZ) twins are over represented among twins with heart defects, even after excluding persistent ductus arteriosus and conjoined twins.
John Burn, G. CORNEY
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Development and Validation of the CHDSI Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects [PDF]

open access: yesMedicina
Background and Objectives: Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect around 1% of the population, making them the most common congenital disease worldwide. Thanks to advances in treatment, over 90% of affected children are able to reach adulthood, shifting ...
Paul C. Helm   +3 more
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Trends in Nutritional Status and Dietary Behavior in School-Aged Children with Congenital Heart Defects [PDF]

open access: yesChildren
Background: Malnutrition and poor weight gain has been reported in infants with congenital heart defects (CHDs); however data in older children with CHDs are limited. In order to obtain representative data on the nutritional status, dietary behavior, and
Dominik Tobias   +6 more
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Epidemiological study of congenital heart defects in children and adolescents: analysis of 4,538 cases [PDF]

open access: diamondArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency and prevalence of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care center for children with heart diseases. METHODS: We carried out an epidemiological assessment of the first medical visit of 4,538 children in a pediatric ...
Nelson Itiro Miyague   +6 more
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Congenital Heart Defects

open access: green, 2003
Congenital heart defects : , Congenital heart defects : , کتابخانه دیجیتال جندی شاپور ...
Antonio F. Corno
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Sudden cardiac death in adults with congenital heart disease: Lessons to Learn from the ATROPOS registry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most frequent causes of death in adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Despite the rare frequency of its occurrence, the incident appears often when unexpected, and many affected patients had not ...
Alicia Jeanette Fischer   +5 more
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Peak Oxygen Uptake on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Is a Predictor for Severe Arrhythmic Events during Three-Year Follow-Up in Patients with Complex Congenital Heart Disease

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022
Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk for severe arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) effectively prevent SCD, risk stratification for primary prophylaxis in ...
Felix von Sanden   +8 more
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RNA expression profiles and regulatory networks in human right ventricular hypertrophy due to high pressure load

open access: yesiScience, 2021
Summary: Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) occurs in high pressure afterload, e.g., tetralogy of Fallot/pulmonary stenosis (TOF/PS). Such RVH is associated with alterations in energy metabolism, neurohormonal and epigenetic dysregulation (e.g ...
Philippe Chouvarine   +9 more
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Umbilical catheter placement aided by coronary guidewires

open access: yesMolecular and Cellular Pediatrics, 2023
Catheterization of the umbilical vessels has proven to be an effective and relatively rapid method for gaining central vascular access in neonates.
Katarzyna Gendera   +5 more
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