Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Introduction

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature, congenital heart defects skin anomalies and frontal bossing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

• Mental retardation
• Reduced muscle tone
• Nystagmus
• Strabismus
• Brain anomalies
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 35 symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• more tests...»

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Complications

Read more about complications of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome.

Less Common Symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

• Small head
• Seizures
• Abnormal EEG
• Excessive muscle tone
• Hearing loss
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 10 occasional symptoms of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Wrongly Diagnosed with Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity....read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The ...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

News Archives for Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Medical news articles related to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome include:

• New Class of Drugs Might Cause Congenital Heart Defects
• Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
• Test Finds Rare Heart Defect in Some Young Athletes
• Babies With Heart Defects Do Best at Hospitals With Most Experience
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Medical research articles related to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome include:

• Proto-oncogene
• Proto-oncogenes
• Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome
• more research...»

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Reseach about Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

Visit our research pages for current research about Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome treatments.

Stories from Users Related to Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome

• Abnormal Head to leg growth ratio

User Interactive Forums

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Definitions of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome:

A congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome marked by heart defects, characteristic facies, ectodermal abnormalities, and growth failure. CFC and Noonan syndromes are sometimes considered the same entity - (Source - Diseases Database)

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, or a subtype of Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet