Dr. Sheetal R. Patel, MD, discusses how advances in early fetal echocardiography—performed before 18 weeks—are transforming ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

For cases of mild congenital heart defects (CHDs), more prenatal visits are associated with lower probability of delivery at ...

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

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 ...

In cases of mild congenital heart defects, more prenatal visits are associated with greater likelihood of appropriate delivery at a community hospital, according to a study published in JAMA Network ...

Tirupati: SVIMS Director and Vice-Chancellor Dr RV Kumar underlined the urgent need to increase awareness about congenital ...

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

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

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 ...

A congenital heart defect is a condition you’re born with. Types of heart defects vary in severity — with some, you’ll need surgery as a child, while others don’t need treatment until later in life or ...