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Most congenital heart defects are not associated with other diseases. [3] A complication of CHD is heart failure. [2] Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. [3] [11] In 2015, they were present in 48.9 million people globally. [8] They affect between 4 and 75 per 1,000 live births, depending upon how they are diagnosed.
It is the most common cancer that begins within the brain and the second-most common brain tumor, after meningioma, which is benign in most cases. [6] [15] About 3 in 100,000 people develop the disease per year. [3] The average age at diagnosis is 64, and the disease occurs more commonly in males than females. [2] [3]
Brain ischemia has been linked to a variety of diseases or abnormalities. Individuals with sickle cell anemia, compressed blood vessels, ventricular tachycardia, plaque buildup in the arteries, blood clots, extremely low blood pressure as a result of heart attack, and congenital heart defects have a higher predisposition to brain ischemia in comparison to the average population.
Situs inversus - a congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. which I only learned about when reading about Catherine O’Hara ...
Asplenia with cardiovascular anomalies, also known as Ivemark syndrome and right atrial isomerism, [1] is an example of a heterotaxy syndrome.These uncommon congenital disorders are characterized by defects in the heart, spleen and paired organs such as the lungs and kidneys.
Cardiac rhabdomyomas is an uncommon, benign mesenchymal tumor that originated from striated muscle. Usually, it affects the head and neck. [17] It has been found that tuberous sclerosis is linked to 80–90% of cardiac rhabdomyomas. [18] The symptoms may manifest as pericardial effusion, hydrops fetalis, or heart blocks. [19]
Tumors that arise in the retroperitoneum and mediastinum can become quite large before producing signs and symptoms. Parameningeal tumors may present with cranial nerve dysfunction, symptoms of sinusitis, ear discharge, headaches, and facial pain. Orbital tumors often present with orbital swelling and proptosis. Extremity tumors generally ...
Congenital anomalies resulted in about 632,000 deaths per year in 2013 down from 751,000 in 1990. [12] The types with the greatest death are congenital heart defects (323,000), followed by neural tube defects (69,000). [12]