Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of birth defect. As CHD accounts for frequent cause lethal malformation among infants, also considered a major problem affecting public health worldwide. Objective: To assess pattern congenital diseases and associated risk factors under-14 children admitted in selected hospital. Methods: It was cross sectional analytical study c...

BackgroundLife expectancy has increased in congenital heart diseases (CHD) patients and the interest has risen considering the quality of life (QOL). The study aimed to compare patients and proxy-parents reports on CHD children' QOL.Materials and MethodsThis cross-sectional study performed on 165 CHD patients aged 2-18 years during 2016 using Pediatric Quality of Life 3.0 (PedsQL™ 3.0) inventor...

Background Children with overweight/obesity and congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased cardiovascular risk. A lifestyle intervention may help reduce these risks. We sought to determine the feasibility of a smartphone-based lifestyle intervention to improve cardiovascular health outcomes in children with overweight/obesity and CHD. Methods We examined the effect of bi-weekly nutrition...

Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is a multifactorial disorder based on both genetic and environmental factors involved in development. The basic problem lies the structure of heart leading to CHD that occurs walls, valves, arteries veins heart. During cell cycle, gene controls this process may mutate, causing disturbance any portion disturbed blood flow, flow wrong direction or complete blockage. ...

BACKGROUND Children with Down syndrome (DS) have about a 40 to 50% incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the distribution and frequency of CHD patterns in Libyan children with DS. METHODS All patients with DS who were referred to the cardiology clinic between January 1995 and December 2008 were reviewed. RESULTS Of the 1 193 patients revi...

A case of progressive pulmonary hypertension in a child with a small ventricular septal defect is presented. Natural history studies have indicated that children with small ventricular septal defects can be followed conservatively. This case represents a contradiction to that rule and suggests that further study must be directed toward defining the etiology of pulmonary hypertension in patients...

Congenital heart defect interventions may benefit from the fabrication of patient-specific vascular grafts because of the wide array of anatomies present in children with cardiovascular defects. 3D printing is used to establish a platform for the production of custom vascular grafts, which are biodegradable, mechanically compatible with vascular tissues, and support neotissue formation and growth.

For decades the most common therapeutic option for young patients with severe valve disease due to a congenital heart defect has been a biological valve replacement, which undergoes degenerative processes and therefore inevitably leads to reoperations within five to ten years [1-3]. Children especially require earlier re-interventions due to stronger immunological reactions to the grafts [4-8] ...