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Nationwide Survey Reveals High Prevalence of Non-Swimmers among Children with Congenital Heart Defects

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Background: Physical activity is important for children with congenital heart defects (CHD), not only for somatic health, but also for neurologic, emotional, and psychosocial development. Swimming is a popular endurance sport which is in general suitable
Christian Apitz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Folate supplementation for prevention of congenital heart defects and low birth weight: an update.

open access: yesCardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2019
Women planning a pregnancy and pregnant women in the first trimester are recommended to use folate-containing supplements in order to prevent neural tube defects.
R. Obeid, W. Holzgreve, K. Pietrzik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interventional Partial Cavopulmonary Connection: Initial Clinical Experience With Acute Procedural up to Midterm Results

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Creation of a partial cavopulmonary anasthomosis in patients with isolated right‐sided heart failure or patients with cyanosis and intracardial right‐to‐left shunt and reduced blood flow in the pulmonary circulation may provide a significant ...
Katarzyna Gendera   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital heart defects in IVF/ICSI pregnancy: systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesUltrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018
There is no consensus in current practice guidelines on whether conception by in-vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) techniques is an indication for performing a fetal echocardiogram.
V. Giorgione   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS

open access: yes
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) represent one of the most common congenital anomalies worldwide, affecting approximately 1% of live births. They range from simple defects, such as atrial septal defects, to complex malformations like tetralogy of Fallot and hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Ibragimov Saidburxon Abdumajid o'g'li   +2 more
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Mental Health Among Parents of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background Parents of children with critical congenital heart defects (PCCHDs) may be at high risk for mental health morbidity; however, the literature is not well characterized.
S. Woolf-King   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Geographic variation and localised clustering of congenital anomalies in Great Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background Environmental pollution as a cause of congenital anomalies is sometimes suspected because of clustering of anomalies in areas of higher exposure.
Grundy C   +59 more
core   +1 more source

Left-Sided Heart Defects and Laterality Disturbance in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

open access: yes, 2023
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a complex congenital heart disease characterized by hypoplasia of left-sided heart structures. The developmental basis for restriction of defects to the left side of the heart in HLHS remains unexplained.
Cecilia W. Lo, Hisato Yagi
core   +1 more source

Association Between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring in Birth Cohorts From Denmark and Norway

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Evidence linking individual‐level maternal folic acid supplementation to offspring risk of congenital heart defects is lacking. We investigated whether folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy reduces offspring risk of heart defects in 2 ...
N. Øyen   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spatio-Temporal Distribution and Demographic Characteristics of Congenital Heart Defects in Guangdong, China, 2016–2020

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundCongenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defects and bring a heavy disease burden in China. Examining the temporal and spatial trends of congenital heart defects epidemics can give some elementary knowledge for succeeding ...
Huazhang Miao   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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