Reproductive medicine and congenital heart disease

Abstract

Abstract With the development of medical genetics, reproductive medicine has made considerable contributions to treatment of birth defects, a reduction in the incidence of birth defects, implementation of eugenics and fertility, and improvement of population quality. Congenital heart disease is a common birth defect and is the most serious among all birth defect diseases and seriously endangers the physical and mental health of children in China. In this article, we review the latest research progress of congenital heart disease in the field of reproduction.