This review provides an updated summary of the state of our knowledge of the genetic
contributions to the pathogenesis of congenital heart disease. Since 2007, when the initial …

Due to improved survival and clinical outcomes, congenital heart disease (CHD) is an area
of growing importance within the medical community. As these patients reach adulthood and …

not override in any way whatsoever the individual responsibility of health professionals to
make appropriate and accurate decisions in consideration of each patient's health condition …

Aims Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect almost 1% of all live born children and the
number of adults with CHD is increasing. In families where CHD has occurred previously …

One in 125 people is born with congenital heart disease. 1 For women with the condition,
pregnancy induced cardiovascular stress can cause complications such as arrhythmia, heart …

Human beings are characterized by a left–right asymmetric arrangement of their internal
organs, and the heart is the first organ to break symmetry in the developing embryo …

Survival rates and life expectancies for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have
dramatically increased, and these patients are now reaching reproductive age. As they …

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are structural malformations found at birth with a prevalence
of 1%. The clinical trajectory of CHD is highly variable and thus in need of robust diagnostics …

Maternal cardiac disease is present in 1% of the pregnant population, 1 most of which
originates from congenital heart disease. 2 Global advances in recognizing and surgically …

Background There is no published evidence on pregnancy after right ventricular outflow tract
(RVOT) reconstruction with an allograft. Objectives The aim of this study was to describe …