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