Article
Genetic basis of congenital heart disease.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 Mar 2004
Gelb Bruce D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Although the care of infants and children with congenital heart defects has been revolutionized over the past 50 years, their underlying causes have been obscure. Recent progress, accelerated through the Human Genome Project, has resulted in the rapid identification of disease genes causing congenital heart defects. RECENT FINDINGS: In this review, progress in identifying new congenital heart...
Topics
- Aortic Coarctation
- Aortic Valve
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Ductus Arteriosus, Patent
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- GATA4 Transcription Factor
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
- Homeobox Protein Nkx-2.5
