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Extracardiac birth defects in children with congenital heart defects

Indian Pediatrics, 2014
To assess the proportion and pattern of extracardiac birth defects in children with congenital heart defects referred to a tertiary care institute.Cross-sectional observational study from January 2010 to June 2011.Out of 560 children with congenital heart defects, 98 (17.5%) had extracardiac birth defects.
Sunil, Karande, Varsha, Patil, Archana, Kher, Mamta, Muranjan   +3 more
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It Is Not Carved in Stone—The Need for a Genetic Reevaluation of Variants in Pediatric Cardiomyopathies

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022
(1) Background: In cardiomyopathies, identification of genetic variants is important for the correct diagnosis and impacts family cascade screening. A classification system was published by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) in ...
Dominik Sebastian Westphal, Kathrin Pollmann, Christoph Marschall, Annette Wacker-Gussmann, Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Peter Ewert, Cordula Maria Wolf   +7 more
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Congenital Heart Defects [PDF]

Circulation Research, 2000
More children die from congenital heart disease (CHD) each year than are diagnosed with cancer. Although CHD is the most common human birth defect, the etiology of the vast majority of CHDs remains unknown. The difficulty in elucidating the molecular and genetic bases for CHD reflects the complex nature of this and other birth defects.
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Assessment of anatomy of the aorta in patients with a coarctation of aorta

The Cardiothoracic Surgeon, 2023
Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the aorta, resulting in reduced blood flow to the body and increased pressure in the left ventricle.
B. B. Turaev, Kh. K. Abralov, B. Kh. Kobiljonov, N. Sh. Ibragimov   +3 more
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Bridging clinical care and lived experience: early implementation of longitudinal health-related quality of life monitoring in congenital heart disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundCongenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common congenital malformations, and, although survival rates now exceed 90%, children remain at risk for long-term psychomotor, cognitive, and psychosocial difficulties.
Jana Willems, Philipp A. Müller, Anna Erbers, Franziska Renninger, Alina Stricker, Vera König, Rouven Kubicki, Hannah E. Kappler, Alexej Bobrowski, Brigitte Stiller, Christoph Zürn   +10 more
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Essential role of NONO-HOXA1-Wnt axis in cardiomyocyte differentiation

Nature Communications
NONO is recognized as a critical molecular scaffold involved in both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Mutations in NONO are frequently linked to congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in humans.
Zhiyu Feng, Yuan Gao, Han Gao, Siyu Sun, Weilan Na, Xianghui Huang, Shuolin Li, Chaozhong Tan, Shaojie Min, Yuquan Lu, Quannan Zhuang, Siyi Lin, Xiaojing Ma, Ying Liu, Weinian Shou, Mei Wang, Jing Wang, Zhongkai Gu, Wei Sheng, Feizhen Wu, Guoying Huang   +20 more
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Spatio-Temporal Distribution and Demographic Characteristics of Congenital Heart Defects in Guangdong, China, 2016–2020

Frontiers 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, Huazhang Miao, Huazhang Miao, Qinghui Zeng, Zengping Shi, Yi Xia, Lushaobo Shi, Dongxue Chen, Pi Guo, Yingxian Zhu, Dong Wang   +10 more
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Nationwide Survey Reveals High Prevalence of Non-Swimmers among Children with Congenital Heart Defects

Children, 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, Dominik Tobias, Paul Helm, Ulrike M. Bauer, Claudia Niessner, Jannos Siaplaouras   +5 more
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Percutaneous Pacemaker Lead Implantation in Patients With Univentricular Circulation and Selected Patients With Biventricular Circulation: Intracavitary and Intramyocardial Approaches

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Epicardial pacemaker lead implantation in patients with univentricular circulation following total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit and without fenestration necessitates median sternotomy.
Katarzyna Gendera, Christof Kolb, Jan Janoušek, Stanimir Georgiev, Kristina Borgmann, Paul Philipp Heinisch, Andreas Eicken, Peter Ewert, Dunja Renner   +8 more
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Heart defects and pregnancy

Kazan medical journal, 2021
Analyzing this issue on a large clinical material, Frey (Zentr. F. Gyn., 1923, No. 40) found that the prognosis of heart defects in pregnant women is generally favorable, while this also applies to mitral stenosis.
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