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Shone’s syndrome is a rare disorder that is often detected in very young children. The children tend to show symptoms like fatigue, nocturnal cough, and reduced cardiac output by the age of two years. They also develop wheezing due to the exudation of fluid into the lungs. [1]
There is a complex sequence of events that result in a well formed heart at birth and disruption of any portion may result in a defect. [32] The orderly timing of cell growth, cell migration, and programmed cell death (" apoptosis ") has been studied extensively and the genes that control the process are being elucidated. [ 27 ]
[4] [12] It is the most common complex congenital heart defect, accounting for about 10 percent of cases. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It was initially described in 1671 by Niels Steensen . [ 1 ] [ 15 ] A further description was published in 1888 by the French physician Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot , after whom it is named.
One big medical anomaly that physicians have recorded during Angel’s episodes is a rise in her Creatine Kinase levels. Creatine Kinase is muscle protein; Angel's highest CK level recorded during an episode was 57 thousand U/L in comparison to average levels of 22-198 U/L.
CHARGE syndrome (formerly known as CHARGE association) is a rare syndrome caused by a genetic disorder.First described in 1979, the acronym "CHARGE" came into use for newborn children with the congenital features of coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, restricted growth or development, genital or urinary abnormalities, and ear abnormalities and deafness. [1]
Limb body wall complex (LBWC) is a rare and severe syndrome of congenital malformations involving craniofacial and abdominal anomalies. LBWC emerges during early fetal development and is fatal. The cause of LBWC is unknown.
24 Hours in A&E is a British factual medical documentary programme, airing on Channel 4, set in a teaching hospital in inner London.Initially it was filmed in King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, but in the seventh series, the setting was changed to St George's Hospital in Tooting, Wandsworth. [1]
This is a list of episodes for Intervention, an American reality television program which aired on the A&E Network since 2005.. Each episode follows one or two participants, each of whom has an addiction or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem and believes that they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem.