Given that most infants with congenital heart disease are born to low-risk women, routine screening is warranted. Early pre-natal diagnosis provides an opportunity to exclude associated extracardiac and chromosomal abnormalities, discuss pregnancy options, adjust obstetric management, prepare parents for ...
Screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) was added to the United States Recommended Uniform Screening Panel in 2011. Since that time, CCHD screening with pulse oximetry has become nearly universal for newborns born in the U.S. By measuring the arterial blood oxygen saturation using ...
Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart disease (CHD) is inapplicable to high altitude due to the variedly decreased arterial saturations and rare complex CHD. We examined the incidence and spectrum of CHD in newborns using echocardiography at high altitude and followed up their ...
Should pulse oximetry be used to screen for congenital heart disease? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2007; 92: F219–F224. 7 Hoke TR, Donohue PK, Bawa PK, Mitchell RD, Pathak A, Rowe PC et al. Oxygen saturation as a screening test for critical congenital heart disease; a preliminary...
Hypothesis POCUS can serve as a screening tool for valvular heart disease. Methods We reviewed the literature to assess the strengths and limitations of POCUS in screening and diagnosing valvular heart disease. Results POCUS is an accurate, affordable, accessible, and comprehensive tool. It has a ...
Erection is a hemodynamic event and accordingly, erectile dysfunction (ED) is closely related with ischemic heart disease. We should confirm that the cardiac condition of the ED patient is safe enough to perform sexual intercourse prior to beginning treatment for ED. Asymptomatic ischemic heart diseas...
Preparation is underway to provide free surgery for them in Zhengzhou, sources with the foundation said. Bayingolin is among places with a high risk of congenital heart disease. The foundation has organized five such trips to Xinjiang this year to help treat congenital heart disease among children...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is highly prevalent and is the primary cause of death for both men and women, worldwide. Because the disease develops over many years, there are opportunities to intervene and alter the course of CHD, assuming that there are reliable means for determining which ind...
"Screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease in every state, tribe, and territory will save lives and help babies thrive," Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a statement. ...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes and is often asymptomatic Silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) can help identify patients with diabetes who have angiographic CHD and who are at high risk for CHD events Aggressive medical therapy can be justified in...