Two case reports of fetal alcohol syndrome: broadening into the spectrum of cardiac disease to personalize and to improve clinical assessment.
Ital J Pediatr
; 45(1): 167, 2019 Dec 19.
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| ID: mdl-31856879
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) refers to a broad spectrum of disabilities, in infants and children, resulting from moderate to excessive prenatal alcohol exposure. Significant associations with alcohol exposure were already reported with congenital structural heart defects i.e. ventricular septal defects, atrial septal defects, conotruncal defects. CASES PRESENTATION We describe two cases of children with FASD, both admitted to the Center for Rare Diseases and Birth Defects of Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, in whom asymptomatic cardiac rhythm alterations were detected in absence of structural cardiovascular system anomalies or cardiac channelopathies.CONCLUSIONS:
No other reports about cardiac rhythm anomalies in individuals affected by FASD are actually available from the literature. We would like to make an alert for clinician, given the possibility of finding anomalies of heart conduction and rhythm in children affected by FASD even without structural congenital heart disease.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arritmias Cardíacas
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Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal
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Eletrocardiografia Ambulatorial
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Avaliação da Deficiência
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Transtornos do Espectro Alcoólico Fetal
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ital J Pediatr
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália