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

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (right), is a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior author of the study that found that babies who did not respond to increased oxygen and ...

The Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital offers every procedure available for the treatment of congenital heart disease and defects. As a part of Texas Children’s Heart ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai an $8.5 million renewal grant to ...

The Kirchner family has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. Their son, Karson, is a happy and energetic 11-month-old baby. He's come a long way since being diagnosed with a rare heart condition ...

Congenital heart disease is one of the most common birth defects where the structure of the heart and the blood vessels get affected, leading to cyanosis, swelling in legs, rapid heartbeat and fatigue ...

The FDA has approved the Minima stent system, the first device specifically designed for infants and young children with congenital heart defects. The innovative stent could help thousands of children ...

In El Paso, babies are born each year with congenital heart disease — some are diagnosed before birth, their tiny hearts closely monitored in the womb, while others go home undetected, their families ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The inaugural Congenital Heart Walk is set to take place this weekend in West Palm Beach, marking the first time the event has been held in South Florida. Organized by ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Tubes snaked across 3-year-old Gracious Chikova’s bandaged chest in the intensive care unit of a government hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Just a day earlier, surgeons ...

Childhood nutrition is no longer a mere matter of growth and development. Rather, it has now evolved into a critical ...