Heart Defects, Congenital

"Heart Defects, Congenital" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.

Descriptor ID	D006330
MeSH Number(s)	C14.240.400 C14.280.400 C16.131.240.400
Concept/Terms	Heart Defects, Congenital Heart Defects, Congenital Congenital Heart Defect Defect, Congenital Heart Heart, Malformation Of Defects, Congenital Heart Heart Abnormalities Heart Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Heart Abnormalities, Heart Heart Abnormality Congenital Heart Defects

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heart Defects, Congenital".

Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C14.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.240.400]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.280.400]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C16.131.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C16.131.240.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Heart Defects, Congenital".

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Bar chart showing 198 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	3	0	3
1997	3	0	3
1998	1	0	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	3	1	4
2002	1	2	3
2003	2	2	4
2004	3	2	5
2005	1	0	1
2006	2	2	4
2007	6	0	6
2008	5	0	5
2009	3	1	4
2010	2	1	3
2011	4	3	7
2012	6	2	8
2013	7	1	8
2014	12	3	15
2015	6	2	8
2016	8	0	8
2017	9	1	10
2018	11	3	14
2019	7	2	9
2020	13	3	16
2021	9	0	9
2022	9	0	9
2023	14	0	14
2024	7	3	10
2025	3	1	4

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Han BK, Rigsby CK, Hussain T, Hlavacek A, Chelliah A, Farooqi KM, Cohen J, Slesnick T, Krishnamurthy R, Chung T, Agarwal PP, Prakash A, Ghelani S, Secinaro A, Ghoshhadra B, Mohsin S, Maeve A, Kappanayil M, Bullock-Palmer RP, Fuss C, Shambrook J, Semple T, Kelle AM, Teo LSL, Browne LP, Nicol ED. Proposed resources required for a comprehensive program for CCT CHD imaging. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2025 Nov-Dec; 19(6):729-735.

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May LA, Atweh LA, Masand P, Jadhav SP. Technical considerations of cardiac computed tomography in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2025 10; 55(11):2261-2271.

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Griffiths ER, Profsky MP, Mokshagundam D, Boucek K, Amdani S, Davies RR, Monge MC, Morales DLS, Rossano JW, Jacobs JP, Kirklin JK, Koehl D, Cantor R, Peng DM. Eighth Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 03; 119(3):513-522.

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Dabbagh A, Miller S, McCulloch M, Rosenthal G, Conaway M, White S. Preoperative Oral Feeding in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Within the First Month of Life is Associated with a Higher Likelihood of Freedom From Tube Feeding at Time of Postoperative Discharge. Pediatr Cardiol. 2026 Jan; 47(1):221-228.

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Lorts A, VanderPluym C, Adachi I, Perry T, Alexander PMA, Almond CS, Auerbach SR, Barbaro RP, Bhavsar S, Bourque K, Conway J, Danziger-Isakov LA, Davies RR, Eghtesady P, Hirata Y, Ichord RN, Kormos RL, Kroslowitz R, Krucoff M, Lantz J, Mehegan M, Mehran R, Morales DLS, Murray J, Niebler RA, O'Connor MJ, Pagani FD, Peng DM, Rossano JW, Spitzer E, Steiner ME, Sutcliffe DL, Taylor JM, Villa CR, Wearden PD, Rosenthal D. ACTION-ARC Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Ventricular Assist Device Adverse Event Definitions-2023. ASAIO J. 2024 11 01; 70(11):911-919.

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Yates AR, Hehir DA, Reeder RW, Berger JT, Fernandez R, Frazier AH, Graham K, McQuillen PS, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Palmer CA, Wolfe HA, Berg RA, Sutton RM. Resuscitation arterial waveform quantification and outcomes in pediatric bidirectional Glenn and Fontan patients. Pediatr Res. 2025 May; 97(6):1989-1996.

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Pastuszko P, Katz MG, Ravvin S, Hsia TY, Raju GP, Nigam V, Mainwaring RD. Predictors of Neurologic Complications and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2024 11; 15(6):833-843.

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Chobufo MD, Ali S, Taha A, Duhan S, Patel N, Gonuguntla K, Ludhwani D, Thyagaturu H, Keisham B, Shaik A, Alharbi A, Sattar Y, Mamas MA, Kohli U, Balla S. Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999-2020). Birth Defects Res. 2024 09; 116(9):e2398.

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Garba DL, Joseph S, Cedars A. Mechanical circulatory support devices in adults with congenital heart disease. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2024 Oct 01; 29(5):310-315.

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Klamut N, Bothwell S, Carl AE, Bamba V, Law JR, Brickman WJ, Klein KO, Kanakatti Shankar R, Pinnaro CT, Fechner PY, Prakash SK, Gutmark-Little I, Howell S, Tartaglia N, Good M, Ranallo KC, Davis SM. Prevalence, diagnostic features, and medical outcomes of females with Turner syndrome with a trisomy X cell line (45,X/47,XXX): Results from the InsighTS Registry. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 12; 194(12):e63819.

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