A meeting on CDH was held in Houston, Texas October 29-31, 2007. Links to a number of the talks are provided here, courtesy of the presenters.

Mutagenesis for discovery of mechanisms of diaphragm development (Kate Ackerman)

Management of pulmonary hypertension in CDH (Marc Arkovitz)        

Alveolization and surfactant maturation in human lung from fetuses with CDH (Alexandra Benachi)           

Long-term morbidity of CDH survivors - The Ontario experience (Priscilla Chiu)           

Outcomes of CDH - Is ECMO necessary? (Priscilla Chiu)           

Genomic imbalances: a common cause of birth defects and CDH? (Wendy Chung)           

Implication of RhoA pathway in fetal lung development (Marc Cloutier)           

The rationale for CDH fetal therapy with growth factors (Jorge Correia-Pinto)           

Prenatal therapy for CDH: Lessons learned from animal models (Marcus Davey)           

The influence of fetal tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia on fetal cardiac function (Jan Deprest)  

Long term pulmonary function in infants operated on for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Andrea Dotta)           

AAP Guidelines for Follow Up (Bill Engle)           

Current status of the engineered diaphragm replacement (Dario Fauza)          

Water and ion transport molecules during late gestation in CDH (Bjorn Frenckner)           

Pulmonary vasodilators in CDH: How possibly can they work? (Brian Hanna)           

Prenatal assessment of fetal lung to predict pulmonary hypoplasia in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Satoshi Hayashi)           

Exploiting mechanical stimuli to rescue growth of the hypoplastic lung (Ed Jesudason)      

Implications of liver up in CDH (Yoshi Kitano)                       

The significance of chromosome 15q in the etiology of CDH (Merel Klaasens)           

The CDH registry current and future (Kevin Lally)           

Modifying stretch to modify lung development (Janet Larson)           

Esophageal innervation in CDH (Leopoldo Martinez)           

The autopsy as "extreme” follow-up (Paola Midrio)           

Retinoids and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Sandra Montedonico)           

Factors associated with sensorineural hearing loss in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors (Francesco Morini)           

Perfluorocarbon induced lung growth (George Mychaliska)           

Disturbance of retinoid signalling pathway in the nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lung (Nana Nakazawa)           

Tracheal innervation in rats with experimental CDH (Federica Pederiva)           

New developments in the molecular understanding of genetic syndromes with CDH (Barbara Pober)           

High density array CGH for analysis of CDH-related chromosomal anomalies (Darryl Scott)           

Networks and collaborations for CDH (Erik Skarsgard)           

Nuclear receptors and CDH (Ming-Jer Tsai)

Cardiac function in fetuses with CDH (Tim Van Mieghem)

Timing of CDH repair in ECMO patients (Edmund Yang)