Article
The recurrence risk in congenital heart disease.
European journal of cardiology - 1 Jan 2000
Sanchez-Cascos A
Abstract excerpt
We have studied 1148 'isolated" cases of congenital heart disease, taken from a general series of 1255 cases. The recurrence risk ranged from 0.9% for relatives of male cases of VSD and for female cases of aortic stenosis to 10.5% for relatives of female cases of atrioventricularis communis; mean value 2.5%. Heritability ranged from 50% to 95%, mean 65%. Full concordance was more frequent in 1st-degree relatives...
Topics
- Alleles
- Female
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Humans
- Male
- Recurrence
- Risk
- Sex Factors