Genetics

Genetic screening can boost congenital heart disease detection

A recent study published in Frontiers in Genetics demonstrates that combining copy number variants sequencing (CNVs-seq) and whole exome sequencing (WES) is effective in detecting congenital heart disease (CHD). CHDs are ...

Genetics

Progress in genetic testing in congenital heart disease

Congenital heart disease (CHD) includes a variety of structural malformations affecting the heart and blood vessels. With growing understanding of the molecular processes involved in heart development, genetic variants have ...

Cardiology

Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease

While it may be years before the health effects of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a new study shows that fetal exposure to a chemical found in crude oil is associated with an increased risk of congenital ...

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