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Steady hand: how to do open-heart surgery in a quake
When the ground started shaking in Mexico City on September 19, many people ran out into the street.
Oct 22, 2017
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Cardiology
How genes and environment interact to raise risk of congenital heart defects
Infants of mothers with diabetes have a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital heart defects. Such developmental defects are likely caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. However, the molecular ...
Oct 19, 2017
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Medical research
How fever in early pregnancy causes heart, facial birth defects
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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Pediatrics
Some newborns don't get heart defect, hearing loss tests
(HealthDay)—Some newborns in the United States still aren't getting screened for hearing loss or congenital heart disease, a new report shows.
Aug 25, 2017
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Cardiology
New insights into exercise right ventricular pressure may help define a new 'normal'
In individuals with structurally normal hearts, systolic pressure is assumed to be equal in the lung arteries and the part of the heart pumping to them. A difference in pressure between the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Cardiology
All heart patients have some liver disease after Fontan surgery
Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are at risk of developing progressive liver fibrosis, a buildup of fibrous deposits, as a result of the circulation created by the ...
May 31, 2017
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Genetics
Genes responsible for severe congenital heart disease identified
The first known identification of two genes responsible for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a severe congenital heart defect, has been reported by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The ...
May 22, 2017
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Cardiology
Kids with heart defects face learning challenges, inadequate school support
Children with all types of congenital heart defects face learning challenges in elementary school, but many may not be receiving adequate education assistance, according to a new study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...
Feb 22, 2017
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Cardiology
Researchers identify cells linked to the development of the heart's ventricular chambers
A population of cells in early development may give rise to the ventricular chambers of the heart, but not the atria, according to a study led by researchers from the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at the ...
Feb 14, 2017
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Cardiology
Sumo protein explored as likely source for some congenital heart defects
Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins are small peptides that get added on to other proteins to regulate their activity. While SUMO has many regulatory roles in cells, it is especially important for controlling gene ...
Feb 7, 2017
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