To establish the prevalence of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in cleft patients, the type of cleft and the presence of a syndrome were coded in 220 patients. A Doppler echocardiogram with color-flow mapping (DE) was obtained in all patients. Mean age was 112.0 +/- 101.2 months (range, 1-576 months), and 56.8% (125) were males. Cleft lip and palate occurred in 144 patients (65.5%), cleft lip in 40 (18.2%), and cleft palate in 36 (16.4%). Cleft palates were more frequent among females. Twenty-four CHDs were diagnosed in 21 of 220 patients (9.5%): 7 mitral valve prolapses, 6 atrial septal defects, 4 patent ductus arteriosus, 3 ventricular septal defects, 2 cases of tetralogy of Fallot, 1 pulmonary stenosis, and 1 bicuspid aortic valve. The presence of CHD did not correlate with the type of cleft. Syndromes occurred in 28 patients (12.7%), and this association was higher among patients with a cleft palate.
The incidence of congenital heart disease is higher in monozygotic than dizygotic twins, with a higher concordance rate. Although coarctation of the aorta has previously been reported in monozygotic twins, to the best of our knowledge it has not been described in dizygotic twins. We report here such a concurrence in dizygotic twins conceived by in-vitro fertilisation. The finding provides support for both genetic and environmental factors in the aetiology of congenital heart disease. Furthermore, it highlights our lack of data regarding the outcome of in-vitro fertilisation.
Purpose -To describe transesophageal echocardiographic findings in patients presenting with flail mitral valve and to obtain their clinical follow-up.Methods
Artigo OriginalRuptura de cordoalha tendínea da valva mitral foi descrita em 1806 1 , porém, apenas recentemente sua freqüência como causa de doença valvar mitral, tem sido apreciada. A ruptura de cordoalha com conseqüente falha na coaptação dos folhetos representa hoje a causa mais comum de
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