In addition to genetics, environmental factors such as maternal metabolic disease and maternal infections during early pregnancy are a risk for congenital heart defects in the offspring. Our aim is to ...

The term 'Congenital' refers to 'at birth.' Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is defined as a structural problem with the heart that a person is born with. According to experts, this problem is ...

A number of risk factors associated with ... of surgical repair for most congenital heart defects has dramatically changed the face of congenital heart disease. Mortality has shifted almost ...

One of the largest international genetic studies of congenital heart disease (CHD ... associated genes have been identified, but other factors, such as maternal diabetes or taking anticoagulant ...

When it comes to risk factors for heart ... When it comes to heart disease, there are several different types. They include arrhythmia (irregular heart rhythm), cardiomyopathy (a weakened heart muscle ...

Prof Duncan Sparrow, who led the study, said: "We already know that the risk of congenital heart disease can be raised by a variety of factors, but these results develop our understanding of ...

"We already know that the risk of congenital heart disease can be raised by a variety of factors, but these results develop our understanding of anaemia. Knowing that early maternal anaemia is so ...

Investigators found that 4.4% of children with congenital heart disease and 2.8% of children with normal heart function had anemia. After adjusting for potential influencing factors, the odds of ...

Of those, 1 in 4 have a critical heart defect. These conditions, known as congenital heart disease, are present at birth and can affect the structure of the heart and its function. Congenital ...