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Erratum of “Alterations in the pulmonary histoarchitecture of neonatal mice exposed to hyperoxia”
Cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with oral cleft: a clinical-electrocardiographic-echocardiographic study
OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to describe the clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic cardiological findings in a group of patients with oral clefts. METHODS: This is a prospective cross-sectional study on 70 children (age range from 13 days to 19 years) with oral clefts who attended the multidisciplinary program of a university hospital from March 2013 to September 2014. The patients were evaluated by a pediatric cardiologist and underwent detailed anamnesis, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram. RESULTS: Sixty percent of the patients were male; 55.7% presented with cleft lip and palate, and 40.0% presented with health complaints. Comorbidities were found in 44.3%. Relevant pregnancy, neonatal, family and personal antecedents were present in 55.7%, 27.1%, 67.2%, and 24.3% of the patients, respectively. Regarding the antecedents, 15.2% of the patients presented with a cardiac murmur, 49.0% with a familial risk of developing plurimetabolic syndrome, and 6% with family antecedents of rheumatic fever. Electrocardiographic evaluation showed one case of atrioventricular block. Echocardiograms were abnormal in 35.7% of the exams, including 5 cases of mitral valve prolapse — one of which was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease. CONCLUSION: The finding of a family risk of developing plurimetabolic syndrome and a diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease indicates that patients with oral clefts may be more prone to developing acquired heart disease. Thus, our findings highlight the importance of anamnesis and methodological triangulation (clinical-electrocardiographic-echocardiographic) in the investigation of patients with oral clefts and emphasize that cardiological follow-up to evaluate acquired and/or rhythm heart diseases is necessary. This strategy permits comorbidity prevention and individualized planned treatment
Sexual reproduction in freshwater fairy shrimp, Dendrocephalus brasiliensis (Pesta, 1921) inferred by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism markers
Sawdust Derivative for Environmental Application: Chemistry, Functionalization and Removal of textile dye from aqueous solution
Reproductive biology of endemic Solanum melissarum Bohs (Solanaceae) and updating of its current geographic distribution as the basis for its conservation in the Brazilian Cerrado
Escolares com baixa visão: percepção sobre as dificuldades visuais, opinião sobre as relações com comunidade escolar e o uso de recursos de tecnologia assistiva nas atividades cotidianas
Avaliação da resposta hematológica dos animais tratados com Typha domingensis Pers e Operculina hamiltonii sobre nematóides gastrintestinais de caprinos
Características agronômicas e eficiência do uso da chuva em cultivares de sorgo no semiárido
Aspectos clínico-patológicos da intoxicação experimental por selenito de sódio em eqüinos
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