Causes of Congenital heart defects

List of causes of Congenital heart defects

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Congenital heart defects) that could possibly cause Congenital heart defects includes:

• Maternal infection during pregnancy:
  • Gestational diabetes
  • SLE
  • Rubella
  • Certain drugs during pregnancy
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity - congenital heart disease
• Short limbs - abnormal face - congenital heart disease - congenital heart disease
• Sakati syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome - Congenital heart disease
• Loeys-Dietz syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Humerospinal dysostosis - congenital heart disease - congenital heart disease
• Chromosome 8, monosomy 8p23.1 - congenital heart disease
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Down syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Forney Robinson Pascoe syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Chromosome 1, trisomy 1q32 qter - congenital cardiac anomaly
• Blepharophimosis syndrome Ohdo type - congenital heart disease
• Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum - congenital heart disease
• Lymphoedema-distichiasis syndrome
• CHARGE Syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Acrocephalopolydactyly II - congenital heart disease
• Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum)
• Ventricular septal defect
• Lissencephaly syndrome type 1 - congenital heart disease
• Cardiocranial syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Ho Kaufman-Mcalister syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Congenital heart disease, ptosis, hypodontia, craniosynostosis - congenital heart disease
• Gay-Feinmesser-Cohen syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Fallot's tetralogy
• Trisomy 21 mosaicism - congenital heart disease
• Trisomy 12 mosaicism - congenital heart disease
• Single upper central incisor - congenital heart disease
• Hurst-Hallam-Hockey syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Yorifuji Okuno syndrome - Congenital heart disease
• Trisomy 13 mosaicism - congenital heart disease
• Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia - congenital heart disease
• DiGeorge's syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Congenital heart disease radio ulnar synostos mental retardation - congenital heart disease
• Transposition of great arteries
• VACTERL association - congenital heart disease
• Chromosome 19q, partial duplication - congenital heart disease
• Williams syndrome
• Coarctation of aorta
• Pfeiffer syndrome Type 3 - congenital heart disease
• Lissencephaly - congenital heart disease
• Goossens-Devriendt syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Edwards Syndrome - Congenital heart disease
• Chromosome 7 ring syndrome - congenital heart disease
• Blepharoptosis - aortic anomaly - congenital heart disease
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)

Causes of Congenital heart defects (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Congenital heart defects that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Fallot's tetralogy
• Ventricular septal defect
• Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum)
• Transposition of great arteries
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)
• Down syndrome
• Lymphoedema-distichiasis syndrome
• Coarctation of aorta
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Williams syndrome
• Patent ductus arteriosus

Congenital heart defects as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Congenital heart defects as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Congenital heart defects. Our database lists the following as having Congenital heart defects as a complication of that condition:

• CHARGE Syndrome
• Childbirth
• Down Syndrome

Congenital heart defects as a symptom:

Conditions listing Congenital heart defects as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Congenital heart defects. Our database lists the following as having Congenital heart defects as a symptom of that condition:

• 14q+ syndrome
• 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
• 7p2 Monosomy Syndrome
• ACPS III
• Acrocephalopolydactyly - Cardiac Disease - Ear, Skin and Lower Limb Defects
• Acrocephalopolydactyly II
• Acrocephalopolysyndactyly type III
• Al Gazali Aziz Salem syndrome
• Arterial occlusive disease, progressive - hypertension - heart defects - bone fragility - brachysyndactyly
• Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum
• Barrow-Fitzsimmons Syndrome
• Blepharophimosis syndrome Ohdo type
• Blepharoptosis - aortic anomaly
• Brain malformation - congenital heart disease - postaxial polydactyly
• Cardiocranial syndrome
• Cervical ribs, sprengel anomaly, anal atresia, urethral obstruction
• Chromosome 1, uniparental disomy 1q12 q21
• Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 11q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 12 trisomy
• Chromosome 12, Isochromosome 12p Mosaic
• Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome
• Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome
• Chromosome 15 Ring
• Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 15q, trisomy
• Chromosome 17p, partial duplication
• Chromosome 19q, partial duplication
• Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 2, trisomy 2p
• Chromosome 22q deletion
• Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 2p duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 3, trisomy 3p
• Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q
• Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 6, trisomy 6p
• Chromosome 7 ring syndrome
• Chromosome 7, Monosomy 7p2
• Chromosome 7, terminal 7p deletion
• Chromosome 8 deletion
• Chromosome 8, monosomy 8p23.1
• Chromosome 8, mosaic trisomy
• Chromosome 8, trisomy 8q
• Chromosome 8p duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 9, partial trisomy 9p
• Chromosome 9, Trisomy 9p (Multiple Variants)
• Chromosome 9/mosaic
• Collins-Dennis-Clarke-Pope Syndrome
• Complete Trisomy 18 syndrome
• Congenital heart disease radio ulnar synostos mental retardation
• Congenital heart disease, ptosis, hypodontia, craniosynostosis
• Conotruncal heart malformations
• Craniosynostosis - congenital heart disease - mental retardation
• Del(1) (q25-q32)
• Deletion 11q
• Deletions of chromosome 8
• DiGeorge's syndrome
• Distichiasis with Congenital Anomalies of the heart and Peripheral Vasculature
• Dup(1) (q25-q32)
• Duplication 18
• Duplication 2p
• Duplication 5q
• Duplication 6p
• Duplication 8q
• Duplication 9p partial
• Edward Syndrome
• Edwards Syndrome
• Emanuel syndrome
• Forney Robinson Pascoe syndrome
• Franceschini-Vardeu-Guala syndrome
• Gay-Feinmesser-Cohen syndrome
• Genée-Wiedemann syndrome
• Goossens-Devriendt syndrome
• Ho Kaufman-Mcalister syndrome
• Holt-Oram Syndrome
• Humerospinal dysostosis - congenital heart disease
• Hunter-Mcdonald syndrome
• Hurst-Hallam-Hockey syndrome
• Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus - Teratogenic Agent
• Jacobsen syndrome
• Larsen syndrome, recessive type
• Laryngeal web congenital heart disease short stature
• Lissencephaly
• Lissencephaly syndrome type 1
• Loeys-Dietz syndrome
• Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia
• Microcephaly - microphthalmia - ectrodactyly of lower limbs - prognathism
• Microphthalmia syndromic, type 8
• Multiple Skeletal abnormalities with Anterior Segment Anomalies of the Eye and Early Lethality
• Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome
• Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome
• Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p
• Pallister-Hall Syndrome
• Partial Trisomy 18 Syndrome
• Pfeiffer syndrome Type 3
• Phenylketonuria - Teratogenic Agent
• Powell-Chandra-Saal syndrome
• Sakati syndrome
• Short limbs - abnormal face - congenital heart disease
• Short stature webbed neck heart disease
• Single upper central incisor
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity
• Tabatznik syndrome
• Tracheal stenosis syndrome
• Trisomy 12 mosaicism
• Trisomy 13 mosaicism
• Trisomy 18 mosaicism
• Trisomy 18 Syndrome
• Trisomy 21 mosaicism
• Trisomy 8 mosaicism
• VACTERL association
• VACTERL hydrocephaly
• VACTERL with hydrocephalus, X-linked
• Van der Woude syndrome
• Van der Woude syndrome 2
• Yorifuji Okuno syndrome
• Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome
• Zunich-Kaye syndrome

Medical news summaries relating to Congenital heart defects:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Congenital heart defects:

• Pregnant diabetics at higher risk for birth defects
• Prematurity brings complications
• Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, rare genetic disease
• More news »

Related information on causes of Congenital heart defects:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Congenital heart defects may be found in:

• Risk factors for Congenital heart defects
• Hidden causes of Congenital heart defects

 » Next page: Risk Factors for Congenital heart defects

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