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 ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Implementing mandatory policies to screen newborns for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) can lead to a dramatic decrease in infant cardiac deaths, a U.S. study said Tuesday. In eight U.S. states that mandated CCHD screening using a test called pulse ox...
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...
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...
Figure 2. Literature Search and Flow Diagram: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Resting or Exercise Electrocardiography View LargeDownload CHD indicates coronary heart disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ECG, electrocardiography; ICTRP, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform; KQ, key ...
cutting off blood to the body and brain. This differs from a heart attack, which is caused by a blockage of the heart’s arteries. The leading risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest are a past attack and the presence of disease. Another risk factor is the side effects from medications, ...
The objective of the present study is to assess the performance of fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial blood glucose (PBG), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as screening for coronary heart disease (CHD) in an inpatient population undergoing coronary angiography. 1852 consecutive patients schedul...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) has become the most com-mon birth defect in China. According to the 'Report on the Prevention and Control of Birth Defects in China (2012)' [ 1 ], in 2011, the prevalence of CHD was 4.095 of every 1000 live births, which accounted for the first place ...
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), congenital heart defects (CHDs) are conditions that are present at birth and can affect the structure of a baby' s heart and the way it works. They are the most common type of birth defect. CHDs affect nearly 1 ...