In Complex Heart Defect Environment Plays Role

A congenital heart disease that often leads to death in newborns is significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may play a role in causing “mini-epidemics” of this disease. A cardiac surgeon from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center presented this research at the annual American College of Cardiology Meeting in Orlando, FL.

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Filed under: Clinical Trials on April 1st, 2009