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 ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that a genetic mutation that causes congenital heart disease also ...

Congenital heart disease management continues to improve at a rapid pace, with recent decades having remarkable advances in ...

Researchers sought to examine data related to mortality rates and causes of death across the lifespans of patients with congenital heart disease in the US.

(NewsNation) — Anemia in pregnancy can raise the risk of heart defects in the child, a recent U.K.-based study found. In the United States, about 40,000 babies are born with a heart defect each year, ...

Learn how placental malperfusion affects outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease and what genetic links reveal - keep reading to ...

In cases of mild congenital heart defects, more prenatal visits are associated with a greater likelihood of appropriate ...

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 ...

Adults with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience an abnormal, irregular heartbeat, finds a new study. Almost 1 in 5 adults with congenital heart disease living in Israel had or ...

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal ...

It's a yearly event put on by the Adult Congenital Heart Association, which advocates for the more than 2.5 million people ...