Thanks to dramatic advances in research, diagnostics and treatment, more than 97% of children born with congenital heart ...

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health ...

Professional cardiology societies have issued an updated guideline for the management of adult patients with congenital heart ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen’s daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. “I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very hard ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- As we wrap up Heart Month, Dr. Cassandra Sung, a pediatric cardiologist with SSM Health, joined 27 News at 4 to talk about how congenital heart defects affect children and the ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - From heart disease to abnormal heart rhythms, without awareness of them some of these conditions can go unseen. That’s why organizers are holding a pediatric “Walk With A ...

A broad new analysis of Colorado insurance data suggests national estimates may be severely undercounting children born with heart defects, and at least half of them have other genetic disorders and ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...

The diagnosis was made after an initial evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and follow-up visits to the Mayo Clinic and New Jersey's Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center. The ...