Neighborhood social deprivation and healthcare utilization, disability, and comorbidities among young adults with congenital heart defects: Congenital heart survey to recognize outcomes, needs, and well-being 2016-2019. [PDF]
Research on the association between neighborhood social deprivation and health among adults with congenital heart defects (CHD) is sparse.
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Disability Among Young Adults With Congenital Heart Defects: Congenital Heart Survey to Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and Well-Being 2016-2019. [PDF]
Background Disabilities have implications for health, well‐being, and health care, yet limited information is available on the percentage of adults with congenital heart defects (CHD) living with disabilities.
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Heart Development and Congenital Structural Heart Defects. [PDF]
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 ...
L. Houyel, S. Meilhac
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Mental Health Treatment in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: An Online, Cross-Sectional Study of Status, Needs, and Treatment Reasons [PDF]
Improved medical treatments have extended survival and life expectancy in adults with congenital heart defects (ACHD), placing greater emphasis on psychosocial health.
Anna-Lena Ehmann+7 more
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Congenital heart defects in Williams syndrome. [PDF]
Yuan SM. Congenital heart defects in Williams syndrome. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 225-232. Williams syndrome (WS), also known as Williams-Beuren syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder involving multiple systems including the circulatory system. However, the
S. Yuan
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Relationship between maternal iron status and the risk of congenital heart defects: A case–control study [PDF]
Objective The cause of most congenital heart defect cases remains unknown. A previous study showed a link between maternal iron deficiency and congenital heart defects in mice; however, this association is not yet clear in humans.
Raghdah Qaddour, Ranwa Alsayed
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Trends in Mortality of Congenital Heart Defects.
OBJECTIVE The aim of the present nationwide cohort study was to describe trends in 1-year mortality in live-born children with congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009 and to assess whether changes in the proportion of terminated pregnancies and ...
J. Jortveit+9 more
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Accurate segmentation of fetal heart in echocardiography images is essential for detecting the structural abnormalities such as congenital heart defects (CHDs).
S. Nurmaini+7 more
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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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Umbilical catheter placement aided by coronary guidewires
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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