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… Overview Cardiac catheterization is a test to check your heart. This test uses a thin, flexible tube called a … for heart problems that have been present since birth ( congenital heart defect ). This test can include a coronary angiogram, which …
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… transmit the disease to the baby (fetus). And serious birth defects called congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) could develop, especially … include cataracts and other eye problems, hearing loss, and heart disease. Miscarriage and stillbirth are also possible …
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… (fetus) could become infected too. This can cause birth defects, including serious defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). CRS can cause hearing loss, eye problems, heart problems, and other complications. Rubella also is …
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… folate deficiency anemia . It also prevents certain birth defects. Most people just say "folic acid" for either form … bifida . Neural tube defects are some of the most common types of birth defects in Canada. A cleft lip or cleft … of neural tube defects and other folic acid-sensitive congenital anomalies. SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline No. …
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… cardiac perfusion scan measures the amount of blood in your heart muscle at rest and after it has been stressed. It is … enough blood after heart surgery or angioplasty. Identify a congenital heart defect and determine how serious it is. These scans may also …
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… of the baby being born with neonatal lupus syndrome or a heart defect called congenital heart block. High titres of anti-dsDNA are …
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… tachycardia? Ventricular tachycardia is a type of fast heart rhythm that starts in the lower part of the heart … caused by heart disease, such as a previous heart attack, a congenital heart defect , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , dilated …
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… (trisomy 18) . An AFP test can help find an omphalocele, a congenital problem in which some of the baby's intestines … the chance that the baby may have certain problems or birth defects. Screening tests are used to see what the chance is … women, and children, AFP in the blood can mean that certain types of cancer—especially cancer of the testicles , ovaries …
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… Overview Valvuloplasty is a procedure that widens a heart valve that is narrow. When you have a condition called … This group typically has aortic valve stenosis because of a congenital heart defect such as a bicuspid aortic valve . Pregnant women …
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… or stillbirth. Her baby may be born with severe birth defects, including deafness, eye problems, heart defects, liver, spleen and brain damage. This is called Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). CRS occurs in about 9 out …
