UNLABELLED BACGROUND/AIM. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are structural or functional abnormalities of the heart present at birth even if they are detected much later. Their importance lies in the fact that, depending on the severity, they change the quality of life, and may be life threating. In addition, we should not ignore the high costs of treating people with congenital heart disease. Th...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of periconceptional multivitamin supplementation on neural tube defects and other congenital abnormality entities. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial of supplementation with multivitamins and trace elements. SETTING Hungarian family planning programme. SUBJECTS 4156 pregnancies with known outcome and 3713 infants evaluated in the eighth month of life. INTER...

Down’s syndrome is associated with various congenital anomalies, musculoskeletal abnormalities and also anatomical variation in organ systems. In this report we are presenting a case of cholelithiasis Epigastric hernia 42 years Male down’s patient, on laparoscopic exploration found multiple rectus sheath defects epigastric region Moynihan hump. A rare anterior abdominal wall defects.

Fetal heart abnormalities are the most common congenital anomalies and are also the leading cause of infant mortality related to birth defects. More than one-third of all malformations found after delivery are congenital heart defects. The prenatal detection of fetal cardiac structure is difficult because of its small size and rapid movements but is important for the early and effective diagnos...

The mammalian diaphragm muscle is essential for respiration, and thus is one of the most critical skeletal muscles in the human body. Defects in diaphragm development leading to congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) are common birth defects and result in severe morbidity or mortality. Given its functional importance and the frequency of congenital defects, an understanding of diaphragm develop...

INTRODUCTION Congenital heart defects are the most common abnormalities in neonatal age. Congenital heart defects occur with a frequency of 3-12/1000 births. A special group is constituted by children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome because their treatment is extremely complex, requiring three-stage surgery and the involvement of various specialists. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analysed 100 ...

OBJECTIVE To study the distribution of age, gender, and the relative frequency of congenital heart defects at the time of the diagnosis in Southern Yemeni children. METHODS This retrospective study focused on echocardiographic findings of 393 symptomatic children affected by congenital heart disease. It was conducted in the Echocardiography Department of a referral hospital for Aden city and ...

Persistent left superior vena cava is a rare congenital venous anomaly. It results from failure of closure of the left anterior cardinal vein during cardiac development. It is usually asymptomatic but can be associated with other congenital cardiac defects including atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects, endocardial cushion defects, tetralogy of Fallot and rhythm disturbances. PLSVC...

A growing list of transcatheter interventions is now available for treating patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. Among these procedures are creation of interatrial defects by balloon and blade septostomy , , balloon dilation of stenotic vessels and valves, and closure of unwanted intracardiac and extracardiac defects and vessels. This chapter focuses on several interventions: ba...

Pallister-Killian syndrome (PKS) is a sporadic multisystem genetic diagnosis characterized by facial dysmorphia, variable developmental delay and intellectual impairment, hypotonia, hearing loss, seizures, differences in skin pigmentation, temporal alopecia, diaphragmatic hernia, congenital heart defects, and other systemic abnormalities. Although congenital heart defects have been described in...