Background: CHARGE syndrome is a non-random clustering of congenital anomalies
including coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, retarded growth and development, genital …

Background— Incidence and prevalence rates for pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) and
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are unknown. This study describes the nationwide …

Background Chemotherapy for the treatment of maternal cancers during pregnancy has
become more acceptable in the past decade; however, the effect of prenatal exposure to …

Aims To investigate the potentially protective of periconceptional folic acid use on the risk of
congenital heart defects (CHDs) relative to other non-folate related malformations. Methods …

BACKGROUND: The accurate evaluation of intrinsic myocardial contractility in children with
or without congenital heart disease (CHD) has turned out to be a challenge. Two-…

OBJECTIVES We sought to identify the risk factors predicting the development of dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM) in patients with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block (…

Background—Fetal tachycardia may cause hydrops fetalis and lead to fetal death. No unanimity
of opinion exists regarding the optimum treatment. This study evaluates our experience …

Genetic causes for autosomal recessive forms of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are only
rarely identified, although they are thought to contribute considerably to sudden cardiac death …

Aims Periconceptional folate supplementation prevents neural tube defects and possibly
congenital heart defects (CHD) as well. The search for candidate genes involved in the folate …

New antitumor agents have resulted in significant survival benefits for cancer patients.
However, several agents may have serious cardiovascular side effects. Left ventricular ejection …