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Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Zhandong Zeng
    • Hongwei Zhang
    • Fengli Liu
    • Ning Zhang
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  • Published online on: March 15, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3167
  • Pages: 1550-1554
  • Copyright: © Zeng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect approximately 7% of infants, and account for 3% of all infant deaths. CHD is most often caused by the defects associated with ductus arteriosus, which is a vessel that usually closes shortly after birth. The types of CHD include tetralogy of fallot, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary atresia, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, transposition of great arteries, tricuspid atresia and truncus arteriosus. There are some risk factors that can increase the chance of a fetus developing CHD such as prematurity, an existing CHD in a first-degree relative, genetic syndromes, infections in utero, maternal drug consumptions and disorders. CHD is diagnosed is through different techniques including pulse oximetry, echocardiograms and physical exams. In this review, we examined the current incidence of CHD, the risk factors associated with CHD, the current methods of diagnosis and surgical options used to repair the defects.
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Zeng Z, Zhang H, Liu F and Zhang N: Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects (Review). Exp Ther Med 11: 1550-1554, 2016
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Zeng, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, F., & Zhang, N. (2016). Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects (Review). Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11, 1550-1554. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3167
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Zeng, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, F., Zhang, N."Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11.5 (2016): 1550-1554.
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Zeng, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, F., Zhang, N."Current diagnosis and treatments for critical congenital heart defects (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11, no. 5 (2016): 1550-1554. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3167