Prostaglandin E1 is responsible for keeping the ductus open and thus in certain cyanotic congenital heart defects where the only mixing of arterial and venous blood is through a PDA, prostaglandin ...

For children battling both congenital heart defects (CHD) and cancer, the road to recovery is far more precarious than ...

One of the largest international genetic studies of congenital heart disease (CHD) highlights the significance, in particular forms of the disease, of spontaneous gene mutations not inherited from ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

I became much impressed with clinical and epidemiologic evidence in both Mexico and Peru suggesting the effect of high altitude on certain congenital defects. What other factors are at play is ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

He's always smiling," father Luis Ceja said. Valerio Ceja was born with a congenital heart defect, and has already endured more than most people face in a lifetime. "He is strong, and he is so ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Pregnancies with fetal major congenital heart defects (CHDs) had significantly higher rates of poor obstetric outcomes ...

Prostaglandin injections are commonly used in infants with congenital heart defects to keep the ductus arteriosus open until surgery can be performed. However, to ensure the PDA remained open, a ...