Defect, present at birth, in the structure of the heart or the great vessels near the heart.
1Background: Pulmonary artery sling (PAS) is a rare congenital heart anomaly and may cause unexplained respiratory symptoms in infants.
2Usually it is associated with congenital heart anomalies and esophageal and tracheal compression symptoms.
3Clinically, the model has potential applicability in congenital heart anomalies if one native functioning atrium and ventricle are present.
4The incidence of congenital heart anomalies and cerebral injury was 4% and 5%, respectively.
5Congenital heart anomalies are also common and might at least to some extent be due to haploinsufficiency of NKX2-6 or NRG1.