Heart Defects, Congenital

"Heart Defects, Congenital" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.

Descriptor ID	D006330
MeSH Number(s)	C14.240.400 C14.280.400 C16.131.240.400
Concept/Terms	Heart Defects, Congenital Heart Defects, Congenital Congenital Heart Defect Defect, Congenital Heart Heart, Malformation Of Defects, Congenital Heart Heart Abnormalities Heart Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Heart Abnormalities, Heart Heart Abnormality Congenital Heart Defects

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heart Defects, Congenital".

Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C14.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.240.400]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.280.400]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C16.131.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C16.131.240.400]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	2	1	3
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2007	0	2	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	1	3
2012	6	0	6
2013	3	2	5
2014	5	0	5
2015	4	1	5
2016	5	2	7
2017	2	1	3
2018	3	3	6
2019	5	0	5
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	2	0	2
2023	2	0	2
2024	2	2	4
2025	4	0	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Defects, Congenital" by people in Profiles.

Hui SCN, Andescavage N, Ngwa JS, Kapse K, Murnick JG, Donofrio MT, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Brain metabolite concentrations in neonates with congenital heart disease before and after cardiac surgery. Neuroimage. 2025 Oct 01; 319:121444.

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Kocher K, Ngwa J, Bhattacharya S, Donofrio M, Limperopoulos C, Andescavage N. Epigenomic signatures of accelerated epigenetic?aging are associated with congenital heart disease in newborns. BMC Med Genomics. 2025 Jul 28; 18(1):121.

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Jacobwitz M, Kapse K, Ngwa J, De Asis-Cruz J, Wu Y, Donofrio MT, McDermott C, du Plessis A, Limperopoulos C, Andescavage N. Placental and Fetal In Utero Growth Among Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 04 01; 8(4):e257217.

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Reddy RK, Schumacher KR, Ghanayem NS, Zhang W, Mikesell K, Alten JA, Bailly DK, Bertrandt RA, Blinder JJ, Buckley JR, Chan T, Chanani NK, DeWitt AG, Diddle JW, Gauntt J, Harmon WG, Jacobs JP, Kelly RB, Lin JI, Lion RP, Raymond TT, Riley CM, Schwartz SM, Shin AY, Simsic JM, Sinha A, Smith AH, Tabbutt S, Werho DK, Zaccagni HJ, Costello JM. Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Nov; 170(5):1234-1241.e8.

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Levine LD, Friedman AM, Kim YY, Purisch SE, Wen T. Postpartum readmissions among patients with adult congenital heart disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Feb; 7(2):101580.

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Govindan RB, Pezzato S, Ngwa J, Krishnan A, Panagopoulos E, Chirumamilla VC, du Plessis A. Preoperative autonomic failure in neonates with critical congenital heart disease. Early Hum Dev. 2025 Jan; 200:106165.

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Griesman JD, Barron DJ, Schwartz SM. Unstable right ventricular hypertension in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum: a case report. Cardiol Young. 2024 Aug; 34(8):1829-1831.

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Shiue M, Nyman A, Karvell R, Partington SL, Preminger TJ, Reda C, Ruckdeschel E, Sullivan K, Tobin L, Vaikunth SS, Saef J, Tedla BA, Kim YY. Experiences and Attitudes Toward Telemedicine in an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Jun; 46(5):1185-1193.

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Langanecha BD, Kesavan S, Schwartz SM, Honjo O, Seed M, Fan CS, Dragulescu A, Taylor KL, Floh AA. Reintervention Before Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt and Intermediate Outcomes in Children with Single Ventricle Who Underwent Main Pulmonary Artery Banding. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Dec; 44(8):1839-1846.

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Mustillo PJ, Sullivan KE, Chinn IK, Notarangelo LD, Haddad E, Davies EG, de la Morena MT, Hartog N, Yu JE, Hernandez-Trujillo VP, Ip W, Franco J, Gambineri E, Hickey SE, Varga E, Markert ML. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Immunological Management of Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Other Defects in Thymic Development. J Clin Immunol. 2023 02; 43(2):247-270.

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