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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Environment plays role in complex heart defect
April 14th, 2009
A congenital heart disease that often leads to death in newborns is significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may play a role in causing "mini-epidemics" of this disease. A cardiac surgeon from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center presents this research today at the annual American College of Cardiology Meeting in Orlando, FL. The study is a finalist in the ACC's Best Poster Awards Competition. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome is one of the most complex cardiac defects seen in newborns and remains probably the most challenging to manage of all...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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