The general characteristics of children with ECD and controls are presented in Table 1. The distributions of age, gender, ethnicity, and family history of congenital heart disease were comparable ...

A woman's use of oral or nasal decongestants during the first trimester of pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk for certain birth defects, the authors of a new case-control study ...

Rushani D, et al. Circulation. 2014;33:173. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent underlying cardiac condition in children with infective endocarditis (IE) in developed countries.

A woman’s use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child’s risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some types of over-the-counter ...

Children with specific types of heart birth defects who are under 3 or who've had cardiac surgery within the last six months may face an elevated risk of heart infection. Parents of children with ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman’s use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child’s risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some ...

Some types of over-the-counter decongestants, including the popular phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine, were individually linked to rare, specific birth defects of the digestive tract, ear and heart.

Children with certain heart birth defects may have an increased risk for bacterial infection of their heart's lining and valves, according to new research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...