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Genetic and environmental risk factors in congenital heart disease functionally converge in protein networks driving heart development by Lage, Kasper, Greenway, Steven C, Rosenfeld, Jill A, Wakimoto, Hiroko, Gorham, Joshua M, Segrè, Ayellet V, Roberts, Amy E, Smoot, Leslie B, Pu, William T, C. Pereira, Alexandre, Mesquita, Sonia M, Tommerup, Niels, Brunak, Søren, Ballif, Blake C, Shaffer, Lisa G, Donahoe, Patricia K, Daly, Mark J, Seidman, Jonathan G, Seidman, Christine E, Larsen, Lars A

“…Congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs in ∼1% of newborns. CHD arises from many distinct etiologies, ranging from genetic or genomic variation to exposure to…”
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NKX2.5 mutations in patients with non-syndromic congenital heart disease by Gioli-Pereira, Luciana, Pereira, Alexandre Costa, Mesquita, Sônia M, Xavier-Neto, José, Lopes, Antônio Augusto, Krieger, José Eduardo

“…Abstract Background Cardiac development is a complex and multifactorial biological process. Heterozygous mutations in the transcription factor NKX2.5 are…”
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ALDH1A2 (RALDH2) genetic variation in human congenital heart disease by Pavan, Marilene, Ruiz, Viviane F, Silva, Fábio A, Sobreira, Tiago J, Cravo, Roberta M, Vasconcelos, Michelle, Marques, Lívia P, Mesquita, Sonia M F, Krieger, José E, Lopes, Antônio A B, Oliveira, Paulo S, Pereira, Alexandre C, Xavier-Neto, José

“…Signaling by the vitamin A-derived morphogen retinoic acid (RA) is required at multiple steps of cardiac development. Since conversion of retinaldehyde to RA…”
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Atrial septal defect in adults: does repair always mean cure? by Lopes, Antônio Augusto, Mesquita, Sonia M F

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Platelet protease-activated receptor 1 and membrane expression of P-selectin in pulmonary arterial hypertension by Maeda, Nair Y, Carvalho, João H, Otake, Andréia H, Mesquita, Sonia M.F, Bydlowski, Sérgio P, Lopes, Antonio Augusto

“…Abstract Introduction Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is frequently associated with thrombotic events, particularly involving the pulmonary…”
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Congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension in South America (2013 Grover Conference series) by Lopes, Antonio Augusto, Flores, Patricia C., Diaz, Gabriel F., Mesquita, Sonia M. F.

“…South America is a territory of 17,819,100 km2, where ∼388 million people live in 13 countries. In the region, access to medical assistance (e.g., for…”
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Lack of evidence of association between MTHFR C677T polymorphism and congenital heart disease in a TDT study design by Pereira, Alexandre C., Xavier-Neto, José, Mesquita, Sônia M., Mota, Glória F.A., Lopes, Antônio Augusto, Krieger, José Eduardo

“…Hyperhomocysteinemia is frequently associated with congenital defects of the heart and neural tube. A common missense mutation in the MTHFR gene (C to T…”
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De novo copy number variants identify new genes and loci in isolated sporadic tetralogy of Fallot by Seidman, Christine E, Greenway, Steven C, Pereira, Alexandre C, Lin, Jennifer C, DePalma, Steven R, Israel, Samuel J, Mesquita, Sonia M, Ergul, Emel, Conta, Jessie H, Korn, Joshua M, McCarroll, Steven A, Gorham, Joshua M, Gabriel, Stacey, Altshuler, David M, de Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck, Maria, Artunduaga, Maria Alexandra, Eavey, Roland D, Plenge, Robert M, Shadick, Nancy A, Weinblatt, Michael E, De Jager, Philip L, Hafler, David A, Breitbart, Roger E, Seidman, Jonathan G

“…Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), the most common severe congenital heart malformation, occurs sporadically, without other anomaly, and from unknown cause in 70% of…”
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Likelihood of left main coronary artery compression based on pulmonary trunk diameter in patients with pulmonary hypertension by Mesquita, Sonia M F, Castro, Claudia R P, Ikari, Nana M, Oliveira, Sérgio A, Lopes, Antonio Augusto

“…In patients with pulmonary hypertension, extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by a dilated pulmonary trunk may cause angina, left ventricular…”
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Abstract 10210: Effects of Chronic Treatment With the Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors Sildenafil and Tadalafil on Platelet Aggregation in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome by Maeda, Nair Y, Clavé, Mariana M, Mesquita, Sonia M, Bydlowski, Sergio P, Lopes, Antonio A

“…BackgroundPatients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with the Eisenmeger syndrome (ES) frequently have decreased platelet counts and…”
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Abstract 10323: Tadalafil Therapy Improves Endothelial Thrombomodulin in Hypoxemic Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With the Eisenmenger Syndrome by Clavé, Mariana M, Maeda, Nair Y, Thomaz, Ana M, Mesquita, Sonia M, Bydlowski, Sérgio P, Lopes, Antonio A

“…IntroductionThrombomodulin (TM) is a plasma membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan acting as a natural endothelial anticoagulant and anti-thrombotic factor…”
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Atrial septal defect in adults: does repair always mean cure? by Lopes, Antônio Augusto, Mesquita, Sonia M F

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Atrial Septal Defect in Adults: Does Repair Always Mean Cure? by Lopes, Antônio Augusto, Mesquita, Sonia M. F.

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ALDH1A2 by Pavan, Marilene, Ruiz, Viviane F, Silva, Fábio A, Sobreira, Tiago J, Cravo, Roberta M, Vasconcelos, Michelle, Marques, Lívia P, Mesquita, Sonia MF, Krieger, José E, Lopes, Antônio AB, Oliveira, Paulo S, Pereira, Alexandre C, Xavier-Neto, José

“…Signaling by the vitamin A-derived morphogen retinoic acid (RA) is required at multiple steps of cardiac development. Since conversion of retinaldehyde to RA…”
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