When a child is diagnosed with a heart defect, most parents are hit with the same fearful thought, “Will my child ever grow out of this?” It’s a deeply human reaction, one that mixes love, worry, and ...

Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading cause ...

A multi-center study has identified critical risk factors that increase the likelihood of death in children with a heart defect who are awaiting or have recently undergone heart transplantation, ...

Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) often exhibit elevated preoperative NT-proBNP, linked to prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation. Age-adjusted ZlogNT-proBNP outperforms raw ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD), which is a problem with how the heart forms before birth—occurs in approximately 1% of newborns. It has previously been shown that school-age children, adolescents, and ...

Cardiomyopathy in children is a leading cause of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. Disease-associated genetic variants play a significant role in the development of the different subtypes of ...

The cardiac MRI, part of a new catheterization suite at UPMC Children’s Heart Institute, expands treatments and research ...

QUEBEC CITY — A structured and validated peer mentorship program may help young patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) transfer more smoothly from pediatric to adult care, according to research ...

What originally started as a need to address equipment upgrades and expanded work areas grew into a much larger vision to ...

Doctor Jean de Dieu Nsanzimana is a Rwandan general surgeon undergoing specialised training in Israel and could become Rwanda’s first known paediatric cardiac surgeon. Last week, he was among ...