Understanding Prenatal Testing for Some Birth Defects
In 2007, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) recommended that all pregnant women, regardless of age, be offered screening for Down syndrome as well as the option of [...]
Heart Defects Sometimes Present in Jarcho-Levin Syndrome
Jarcho Levin syndrome is a genetic birth defect which causes malformed bones in the spine (vertebrae) and ribs (called spondylothoracic dysostosis). The chest has a distinctive crab-like appearance. Infants born [...]
NKX2.5 Mutations Cause Variety of Cardiac Anomalies
Mutations in human NKX2.5 cause a variety of cardiac anomalies and may account for a clinically significant portion of tetralogy of Fallot and idiopathic AV block. The coinheritance of NKX2.5 [...]
Get To Know The Hospital Staff
PhysiciansAnesthesiologist - a physician trained to provide anesthesia (medicine that makes your child go to sleep) prior to as well as during surgery.Attending Physician - a more senior, supervising physician [...]
Rare CHD – Cor Triatriatum
Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which a fibromuscular membrane divides the atrium in two. In its most common form, cor triatriatum sinister, the left atrium is [...]
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (form of Long QT Syndrome)
What is Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome?Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome is a condition that causes profound hearing loss from birth and a disruption of the heart's normal rhythm (arrhythmia). This disorder [...]
Risk of Seizures (ANEs) with Prolonged Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest (DHCA) during Open Heart Surgery
Objective. To identify pre- and intraoperative variables associated with postoperative acute neurologic events (ANEs), including seizures and coma, in newborn survivors of congenital heart surgery undergoing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest [...]
CHD Babies At Risk For Learning Disabilities?
For months I've been working on a post regarding a possible link between learning disabilities and CHD, specifically in children who have undergone open heart surgery. We all know that [...]
Patent Foramen Ovale
In normal fetal development, a small, flap-like opening — the foramen ovale (fo-RA-mun o-VA-le) — is present between the right and left upper chambers of the heart (right atrium and [...]
Routine Pulse Oximetry in the Asymptomatic Newborn
Objective: To assess the effect of routine measurement of postductal oxygen saturation as an adjunct to routine clinical examination in the asymptomatic newborn.Design and setting: Prospective study in a district [...]