Five common therapies and practices related to children's heart health may be unnecessary, and physicians and parents should be careful about using them, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ...

Physicians should question the use of five common heart treatments and practices that may be unnecessary for pediatric populations, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a recent guidance. The ...

Christian Ellington, age 4 of Phenix City, was among the first heart catheterization patients in the new Bruno Pediatric Heart Center on Monday. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 15, 2012) – The Joseph S. Bruno ...

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In a milestone moment for medicine, a child is recovering with a brand-new heart following the first-ever pediatric heart transplant performed on Long Island. The groundbreaking procedure took place ...

At today's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Boston, Angela Lorts, MD, MBA, issued an urgent call for improved ...

After over a year of attempted treatments, seven weeks spent in the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, and 11 hours in the operating room, 17-year-old Alex Stephens finally has a new heart. In ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Doctors at Duke Health are working to cut down the time it takes for the smallest patients to get a heart transplant. Every year in the U.S., about 700 children are added to the ...

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 ...

Christian Ellington, age 4 of Phenix City, was among the first heart catheterization patients in the new Bruno Pediatric Heart Center on Monday. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 15, 2012) – The Joseph S. Bruno ...