Heart Defects Tend to Accompany Penis Abnormality at Birth
Boys with hypospadias were several times more likely to also have congenital heart disease compared with peers without the urethral birth defect, a cohort study showed. Active surveillance programs in Texas and Arkansas revealed that 5.5% to 7.0% of boys born with hypospadias had a co-occurring congenital heart defect (CHD). Boys with hypospadias were 5.8 […]