Heart Defects, Congenital
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Duplicate mitral valve in an infant with Shone's anomaly.

30 Oct 2009 Duplication of mitral valve is a very rare anomaly. It is characterized by two independent mitral valve apparatuses (leaflets and annulus) and subvalvular apparatuses (chordae and papillary muscles) that function well by themselves. In this report, ... Read more...

Atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Atrial arrhythmias increase disease burden in the general adult population. Adults with congenital heart lesions constitute a rapidly growing group of patients with cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that atrial arrhythmias increase ... Read more...

Pediatric critical care--a new frontier.

29 Sep 2009 Pediatric intensive care is now a subspecialty of pediatric medicine. Different pathologic and physiologic processes occur in pediatric patients who require intensive care. Thus, the faculty and staffing requirement differ in many aspects from those ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart Defects, Congenital'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Duplicate mitral valve in an infant with Shone's anomaly. 30 Oct 2009
• SSRIs and heart defects in neonates. 19 Oct 2009
• GlaxoSmithKline told to pay family $2.5m after jury finds paroxetine caused son's heart defects. 13 Oct 2009
• Atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease. 10 Oct 2009
• Atrial arrhythmias: a "call to arms" for congenital heart disease caregivers. 10 Oct 2009
• GSK is sued in US over alleged link of paroxetine to birth defects. 10 Oct 2009
• Pediatric critical care--a new frontier. 29 Sep 2009
• Craniofacial characteristics of patients with heart disease. 29 Sep 2009
• DiGeorge anomaly in the absence of chromosome 22q11.2 deletion. 29 Sep 2009
• Anomalies of visceroatrial situs. 29 Sep 2009
• Novel modification of total cavopulmonary connection for isolated hepatic vein. 29 Sep 2009
• Preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Fontan palliation in the modern era: factors impacting mortality and morbidity. 29 Sep 2009
• Invited commentary. 29 Sep 2009
• Morbidity and mortality risk factors in adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac reoperations. 29 Sep 2009
• Risk of aortic root or ascending aorta complications in patients with bicuspid aortic valve with and without coarctation of the aorta. 29 Sep 2009
• [Challenging emergency ECG in a 19-year-old woman] 21 Sep 2009
• Cardiovascular effects of noncardiovascular drugs. 20 Sep 2009
• Endogenous regulation of cardiovascular function by apelin-APJ. 16 Sep 2009
• Pathways to embryonic heart failure. 16 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Heart Defects, Congenital'

Definition: Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.

Descriptor UI: D006330

Alternative terms: Heart Defects, Congenital; Congenital Heart Defect; Defect, Congenital Heart; Heart Defect, Congenital; Defects, Congenital Heart; Heart Abnormalities; Abnormality, Heart; Abnormalities, Heart; Heart Abnormality; Congenital Heart Defects;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.240.400; C14.280.400; C16.131.240.400;

Technical Notes: general only; do not use as coordinate for specific term /abnorm; cyanotic defects probably go here but do not also index under CYANOSIS unless especially discussed