Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect.

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Heterotaxy arises from a failure of the embryo to establish normal left-right asymmetry and is known to affect 3% of infants with congenital heart disease. A recessive mutation causing heterotaxy ...

However, babies and children can be born with cataracts, or they may develop them as they age. A congenital cataract causes the same symptoms as adult cataracts—a clouding in the lens of the eye that ...

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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT) refer to a range of conditions that affect the kidney and urinary tract. These anomalies can be severe, such as kidney agenesis, or milder, ...

Congenital aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is one of the most common valve anomalies and accounts for 3%–6% of cardiac malformations. As congenital AVS is often progressive, many patients, both children ...

Based on their criteria for severe CHD, they found FE performed after a normal anomaly scan for risk factors only increased ... first 4 to 6 months and may be associated with extracardiac pathology.