Although its prevalence is relatively low in pregnant women, heart disease is the most
important cause of maternal mortality. Problems may arise due to hemodynamic burden and …

Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is one of the most common and severe congenital heart
diseases (CHD). It is also one of the most mysterious CHD because it has no precedent in …

This 8th Edition of Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents:
Including the Fetus and Young Adult, provides updated and useful information from leading …

Congenital heart malformation (CHM) is the most common form of congenital human birth
anomaly and is the leading cause of infant mortality. Although some causative genes have …

We conducted a genome-wide association study to search for risk alleles associated with
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), using a northern European discovery set of 835 cases and 5159 …

Background Congenital heart defects (CHD) is the most common cause of death from a
congenital structure abnormality in newborns and is often associated with fetal loss. There …

Background Epidemiological studies indicate a substantial excess familial recurrence of non-
syndromic Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), implicating genetic factors that remain largely unknown …

The aim of this study was to explore genetic mechanisms of congenital heart disease by
analysing family data. Families with two or more affected members were studied, and …

Cardiac disease in pregnancy is a challenging health care problem. The number of cases
and their complexity is increasing, such that heart disease is now the leading cause of …

When one considers the innumerable ways that maternal exposures, ingestions, and
diseases can impact a developing fetus, the concept of a “low-risk pregnancy” seems …