Fetal Cardiology and Genetics
TBX4 variants and pulmonary diseases: getting out of the ‘Box’
Haarman MG, Kerstjens-Frederikse WS, Berger RMF.Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020 May;26(3):277-284. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000678.PMID: 32195678 Free PMC article. Abstract Purpose of review: In 2013, the association between T-Box factor 4 (TBX4)...
Uncertainty of Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Heart Disease: A Qualitative Study
Harris KW, Brelsford KM, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Clayton EW.JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e204082. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4082.PMID: 32369178 Free PMC article. Abstract Importance: Parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of...
Fetal Cardiac Function and Ventricular Volumes Determined by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Using STIC and VOCAL Methods in Fetuses from Pre-gestational Diabetic Women
Bravo-Valenzuela NJ, Peixoto AB, Mattar R, Melo Júnior JF, da Silva Pares DB, Araujo Júnior E.Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 May 4. doi: 10.1007/s00246-020-02362-7. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32367304 Abstract To assess the fetal cardiac function...
Novel mutations of the SRF gene in Chinese sporadic conotruncal heart defect patients
Mengmeng X, Yuejuan X, Sun C, Yanan L, Fen L, Kun S.BMC Med Genet. 2020 May 7;21(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s12881-020-01032-y.PMID: 32380971 Free PMC article. Abstract Background: Conotruncal heart defects (CTDs) are a group of congenital heart...
ADAMTS19-associated heart valve defects: Novel genetic variants consolidating a recognizable cardiac phenotype
Massadeh S, Alhashem A, van de Laar IMBH, Alhabshan F, Ordonez N, Alawbathani S, Khan S, Kabbani MS, Chaikhouni F, Sheereen A, Almohammed I, Alghamdi B, Frohn-Mulder I, Ahmad S, Beetz C, Bauer P, Wessels MW, Alaamery M, Bertoli-Avella AM.Clin...
A call for innovation in fetal monitoring during fetal surgery
Warner LL, Arendt KW, Ruano R, Qureshi MY, Segura LG.J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 May 19:1-7. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1767575. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32429715 Abstract Purpose: A growing number of fetal procedures are performed...
Second heart field-specific expression of Nkx2-5 requires promoter proximal interaction with Srf
Clark CD, Lee KH.Mech Dev. 2020 May 22:103615. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2020.103615. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32450132 Abstract The cardiac homeobox transcription factor Nkx2-5 is a major determinant of cardiac identity and cardiac morphogenesis....
Role of Tafazzin in Mitochondrial Function, Development and Disease
Chin MT, Conway SJ.J Dev Biol. 2020 May 23;8(2):E10. doi: 10.3390/jdb8020010.PMID: 32456129 Review. Abstract Tafazzin, an enzyme associated with the rare inherited x-linked disorder Barth Syndrome, is a nuclear encoded mitochondrial...
Uncertainty of Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Heart Disease: A Qualitative Study
Harris KW, Brelsford KM, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Clayton EW.JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e204082. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4082.PMID: 32369178 Free PMC article. Abstract Importance: Parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of...
Telocytes in the Myocardium of Children with Congenital Heart Disease Tetralogy of Fallot
Sukhacheva TV, Nizyaeva NV, Samsonova MV, Chernyaev AL, Shchegolev AI, Serov RA.Bull Exp Biol Med. 2020 May;169(1):137-146. doi: 10.1007/s10517-020-04840-7. Epub 2020 Jun 2.PMID: 32488790 Abstract Telocytes, a new type of interstitial stem...
