Atrioventricular canal defect and genetic syndromes: the unifying role of sonic hedgehog [PDF]
The atrioventricular canal defect (AVCD) is a congenital heart defect (CHD) frequently associated with extracardiac anomalies (75%). Previous observations from a personal series of patients with AVCD and "polydactyly syndromes" showed that the distinct ...
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Pathophysiology and natural history of atrial septal defect.
Atrial septal defects are among the third most common types of congenital heart disease. This group of malformations includes several types of atrial communications allowing shunting of blood between the systemic and the pulmonary circulations.
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Age- and Lesion-Related Comorbidity Burden Among US Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study. [PDF]
Background As patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are living longer, understanding the comorbidities they develop as they age is increasingly important.
Agarwal, Anushree +9 more
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Holt-Oram Syndrome in Adult Presenting with Heart Failure: A Rare Presentation
Holt-Oram syndrome is a rare inherited disorder involving the hands, arms, and the heart. The defects involve carpal bones of the wrist and the thumb and the associated cardiac anomalies like atrial or ventricular septal defects.
Rupesh Kumar +7 more
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Pericardial cyst in a one-year-old boy with ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus
Background Pericardial cysts are rare, with the most common etiology being congenital. Ventricular septal defect is the most common congenital heart disease in children.
Nirmal Panthee +6 more
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The definition and classification of ventricular septal defects have been fraught with controversy. The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease is a group of international specialists in pediatric cardiology ...
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Atrioventricular septal defect is a complex congenital heart defects (CHD) with a prevalence of approximately 4% of all CHDs. Transitional form of atrio-ventricular septal defect (tAVSD) associates ostium primum atrial septal defect, common ...
Ihssane El-Bouchikhi +5 more
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Reliability of Early Fetal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease Detection: A Preliminary Experience and Outcome Analysis of 102 Fetuses to Demonstrate the Value of a Clinical Flow-Chart Designed for At-Risk Pregnancy Management [PDF]
Early fetal echocardiography (EFEC) is a fetal cardiac ultrasound analysis performed between the 12th and 16th week of pregnancy (compared with the usual 18-22 weeks).
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Adverse social determinats and risk for congenital anomalies [PDF]
INTRODUCCIÓN: Diferentes trabajos han relacionando condiciones sociales adversas a nivel familiar y regional con resultados perinatales (mortalidad neonatal, bajo peso y prematuridad); sin embargo, pocos estudiaron el efecto de la pobreza sobre anomalías
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Transthoracic three-dimensional echocardiography for the assessment of straddling tricuspid or mitral valves [PDF]
Background The advent of 3D echocardiography has provided a technique which, potentially, could afford significant additional information over conventional cross-sectional echocardiography in the assessment of patients with straddling atrioventricular ...
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