Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. This syndrome is accompanied in 60% of cases with congenital heart disease, mostly single atrium or large ASD. Patients are mostly symptomatic, but in this rare case despite 68 years of age, the patient was free of symptoms except for complete heart block for which pacemaker was inserted

This editorial refers to ‘Congenital heart disease beyond the age of 60: emergence of a new population with high resource utilization,highmorbidity, andhighmortality’,byO.Turatel et al., on page 725 and ‘Recommendations for organization of care for adults with congenital heart disease and for training in the subspecialty of ‘Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease’ in Europe: a position paper of the ...

Background and Objective: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most form of cardiovascular disease in children. CHD have different presentations, from defects that progress asymptomatically to those with significant symptoms and high mortality. This study was performed to highlight the importance of signs and symptoms to diagnosis of CHD neonates. Materials & Methods: This descriptive analyt...

Background: Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are prone to malnutrition and growth retardation. This study aimed to compare growth status between children with CHD and healthy children.                Materials and Methods: This case–control study included 310 children with CHD and 300 healthy children matched in age and gender. CHD patients grouped according to cardiac diagnosis: ...

Background 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH) VitD] deficiency is a highly prevalent condition, present in approximately 30% to 50% of the general population. A growing body of data suggests that low 25(OH) VitD levels may adversely affect cardiovascular health. The present study aimed to measure the serum levels of 25(OH) Vit D in Congenital heart disease (CHD) children compared to healthy children....

INTRODUCTION We propose to demonstrate that it is possible to implement a valid (diagnostic sensitivity for major cardiac malformations 90%), and universal (applied to over 90% of pregnant women), prenatal screening method for congenital heart defects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective study. A total of 12478 pregnant women were evaluated between January 2008 and December 2010. Congenital hea...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease in Europe was recently reported in two major papers. Data from a central database for 29 population-based registries in 16 countries showed a total prevalence of 8 per 1000. The overall detection rate of non-chromosomal congenital heart disease prenatally was only 20%, although 40% of severe cases were diagnosed before birth. It was estimated that each...