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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection risk factors


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Keri Shafer, M.D. [3]; Priyamvada Singh, MBBS[4]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [5]

Overview

Overview

There are certain factors that increase the risk of congenital heart diseases, including maternal obesity, medication during pregnancy, alcohol and drugs, rubella during pregnancy, diabetes during pregnancy, and genetic factors.

Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Risk factors during congenital heart diseases are:[1][2][3][4][5]

References

References

  1. Alvarado-Terrones, Evelyn G.; Perea-Cabrera, Maryangel; Klünder-Klünder, Miguel; Segura-Stanford, Begoña; Erdmenger-Orellana, Julio R.; Lopez-Yañez Blanco, Arturo; Hernández-Carbajal, Elizabeth; Granados Riverón, Javier T.; Mejía-Marín, Leonardo J.; Balderrabano-Saucedo, Norma A.; Contreras-Ramos, Alejandra; Díaz-Rosas, Guadalupe; Sánchez-Urbina, Rocío (2018). “Maternal Obesity as a Risk Factor for the Development of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Their Offspring”. Archives of Medical Research. 49 (2): 109–113. doi:10.1016/j.arcmed.2018.06.001. ISSN 0188-4409.
  2. Correa-Villaseñor, Adolfo; Ferencz, Charlotte; Boughman, Joann A.; Neill, Catherine A. (1991). “Total anomalous pulmonary venous return: Familial and environmental factors”. Teratology. 44 (4): 415–428. doi:10.1002/tera.1420440408. ISSN 0040-3709.
  3. Phelan, K.; McDermid, H.E. (2011). “The 22q13.3 Deletion Syndrome (Phelan-McDermid Syndrome)”. Molecular Syndromology. doi:10.1159/000334260. ISSN 1661-8777.
  4. Bleyl, Steven B.; Saijoh, Yukio; Bax, Noortje A.M.; Gittenberger-de Groot, Adriana C.; Wisse, Lambertus J.; Chapman, Susan C.; Hunter, Jennifer; Shiratori, Hidetaka; Hamada, Hiroshi; Yamada, Shigehito; Shiota, Kohei; Klewer, Scott E.; Leppert, Mark F.; Schoenwolf, Gary C. (2010). “Dysregulation of the PDGFRA gene causes inflow tract anomalies including TAPVR: integrating evidence from human genetics and model organisms”. Human Molecular Genetics. 19 (7): 1286–1301. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq005. ISSN 0964-6906.
  5. Cluver, C.; Meyer, R.; Odendaal, H.; Geerts, L. (2013). “Congenital rubella with agenesis of the inferior cerebellar vermis and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage”. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 42 (2): 235–237. doi:10.1002/uog.12399. ISSN 0960-7692.

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