Cardiovascular System - Abnormalities

Introduction

Heart defects and preterm birth are the most common causes of neonatal and infant death. The long-term development of the heart combined with extensive remodelling and post-natal changes in circulation lead to an abundance of abnormalities associated with this system.

A UK study literature showed that preterm infants have more than twice as many cardiovascular malformations (5.1 / 1000 term infants and 12.5 / 1000 preterm infants) as do infants born at term and that 16% of all infants with cardiovascular malformations are preterm. (0.4% of live births occur at greater than 28 weeks of gestation, 0.9% at 28 to 31 weeks, and 6% at 32 to 36 weeks. Overall, 7.3% of live-born infants are preterm) ^[1]

"Baltimore-Washington Infant Study data on live-born cases and controls (1981-1989) was reanalyzed for potential environmental and genetic risk-factor associations in complete atrioventricular septal defects AVSD (n = 213), with separate comparisons to the atrial (n = 75) and the ventricular (n = 32) forms of partial AVSD. ...Maternal diabetes constituted a potentially preventable risk factor for the most severe, complete form of AVSD." ^[2].

In addition, there are in several congenital abnormalities that exist in adults (bicuspid aortic valve, mitral valve prolapse, and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection) which may not be clinically recognized.

Data shown as a percentage of all major abnormalities based upon published statistics using the same groupings as Congenital Malformations Australia 1981-1992 P. Lancaster and E. Pedisich ISSN 1321-8352.

Historic Embryology - Cardiovascular
1902 Vena cava inferior \| 1905 Brain Blood Vessels \| 1909 Cervical Veins \| 1909 Dorsal aorta and umbilical veins \| 1912 Heart \| 1912 Human Heart \| 1914 Earliest Blood-Vessels \| 1915 Congenital Cardiac Disease \| 1915 Dura Venous Sinuses \| 1916 Blood cell origin \| 1916 Pars Membranacea Septi \| 1919 Lower Limb Arteries \| 1921 Human Brain Vascular \| 1921 Spleen \| 1922 Aortic-Arch System \| 1922 Pig Forelimb Arteries \| 1922 Chicken Pulmonary \| 1923 Head Subcutaneous Plexus \| 1923 Ductus Venosus \| 1925 Venous Development \| 1927 Stage 11 Heart \| 1928 Heart Blood Flow \| 1935 Aorta \| 1935 Venous valves \| 1938 Pars Membranacea Septi \| 1938 Foramen Ovale \| 1939 Atrio-Ventricular Valves \| 1940 Vena cava inferior \| 1940 Early Hematopoiesis \| 1941 Blood Formation \| 1942 Truncus and Conus Partitioning \| Ziegler Heart Models \| 1951 Heart Movie \| 1954 Week 9 Heart \| 1957 Cranial venous system \| 1959 Brain Arterial Anastomoses \| Historic Embryology Papers \| 2012 ECHO Meeting \| 2016 Cardiac Review \| Historic Disclaimer

References

↑ Tanner K, Sabrine N, Wren C. Cardiovascular malformations among preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2005 Dec;116(6):e833-8. PMID: 16322141
↑ Loffredo CA, Hirata J, Wilson PD, Ferencz C, Lurie IW. Atrioventricular septal defects: possible etiologic differences between complete and partial defects. Teratology. 2001 Feb;63(2):87-93 PMID: 11241431

Glossary Links

Glossary: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Numbers | Symbols | Term Link

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 1) Embryology Cardiovascular System - Abnormalities. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Cardiovascular_System_-_Abnormalities

What Links Here?

[1] Tanner K, Sabrine N, Wren C. Cardiovascular malformations among preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2005 Dec;116(6):e833-8. PMID: 16322141

[2] Loffredo CA, Hirata J, Wilson PD, Ferencz C, Lurie IW. Atrioventricular septal defects: possible etiologic differences between complete and partial defects. Teratology. 2001 Feb;63(2):87-93 PMID: 11241431

[1]

[2]