Prenatal and postnatal detection of congenital heart diseases

[Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases].

Congenital heart disease is the leading cause of birth defect worldwide. Genetic mutation is a major contributor to certain types of congenital heart diseases, such as Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) and Marfan syndrome. Here I introduce a feasible pipeline for prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases. Patients are enrolled due to either familial history of genetic mutation or abnormality durin...

Evaluation of Pulse Oximetry in the Early Detection of Congenital Heart Diseases in Newborns

Background: Congenital heart diseases, which are asymptomatic at birth, are the most important causes of infant mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the role of pulse oximetry in the early detection of congenital heart diseases among newborns.Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 1230 newborns who were born in university hospitals in an urban area of Iran were placed unde...

postnatal studies of bats (pipistrellus kuhlii and miniopterus schreibersii) & histomorphology and histochemistry studies of organs and diseases of (neurergus microspilotus and n. kaiseri)

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

Improving prenatal detection of major congenital heart disease

National surgical registries in the UK and USA record surgical and interventional congenital heart disease (CHD) procedures. They are externally verified and indicate whether an infant had an antenatal diagnosis (AD). We distinguish antenatal diagnosis from prenatal detection, here, as the former only includes live born children surviving to reach a cardiac unit who are offered cardiac surgery ...

Development of clinical guideline for early detection of critical congenital heart diseases at birth by pulse oximetry