Residual hypoplasia of the aortic cross or isthmus is a common outcome of coarctectomy. Narrowing of the lumen can lead to hypertension, and associated morbidity and mortality are high in long-term ...

A gene known to be important in cardiac development has been newly associated with congenital heart malformations that result in obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. These are the ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...

Children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) have an increased prevalence of central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities. The extent to which this problem is due to CNS maldevelopment, prenatal ...

DALLAS – July 17, 2005 – By studying five generations of a Dallas family, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered that a mutation in a key gene causes aortic valve disease, a common ...

Hypoplasia refers to a lack of cells in an organ or tissue. It can cause a range of different symptoms depending on where in the body it occurs. It typically affects how tissues or organs function.