One of the largest international genetic studies of congenital heart disease (CHD) highlights the significance, in particular forms of the disease, of spontaneous gene mutations not inherited from ...

Background and aims: PTB and CHD are the two main causes of mortality, morbidity and disability of perinatal origin. There are little population-based data on the relation between CHD and PTB.

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...