After two heart valve surgeries, a mental toll
After Ivan Hernandez was born with a defective mitral valve, doctors warned his parents he could face heart failure at any age.
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After Ivan Hernandez was born with a defective mitral valve, doctors warned his parents he could face heart failure at any age.
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A simple test to measure blood oxygen in newborns has been shown to identify babies with life-threatening congenital heart defects, a major cause of infant mortality in the developed world, according to researchers from the ...
Aug 5, 2011
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(HealthDay)—Although some reports have shown that high doses of the anti-fungal drug fluconazole (Diflucan) may raise the risk of birth defects, a new Danish review finds that more commonly prescribed lower doses of the ...
Aug 28, 2013
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The risk of aortic stenosis doubles when a first degree relative had the disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Dr. Mattis F. Ranthe from Denmark. The study of 4.2 million people from Danish ...
Sep 1, 2013
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Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the ...
Oct 3, 2019
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(Medical Xpress)—A rare genetic disorder known as Jacobsen syndrome has been linked with autism, according to a recent joint investigation by researchers at San Diego State University and the University of California, San ...
Sep 15, 2014
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Compared with the early 1990s, babies born with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) have a lower risk of developing serous heart problems, according to a new registry study from Karolinska Institutet published in Pediatrics, the journal ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate. Exactly how this happens is unclear. Scientists have ...
Oct 10, 2017
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Identical twins that share a placenta have almost twice the increased risk of being born with congenital heart disease, new research has revealed.
Oct 2, 2015
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Researchers at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan have discovered a blood test that uses artificial intelligence and genetic-related biomarkers in pregnant women to accurately detect fetal congenital heart defects well ...
Oct 18, 2022
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