New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists ...

In children with perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSDs), closure with a catheter-delivered occluder device is safe, providing midterm outcomes similar to those of open-heart surgery, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with ventricular septal defects had poorer exercise capacity compared with adults without them, ...

Percutaneous closure of symptomatic ventricular septal defects in children can be achieved with off-label use of an occluder device. A research letter published online November 7, 2012, ahead of print ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Babies who were born to women who were exposed to statin therapy during the first trimester of ...

A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to brain abnormalities, but the link has never been completely understood. Now, a study from the ...

Find out more about a less invasive option following pulmonary artery banding in children and its midterm outcomes.

OVER the past seven years approximately 400 patients have been surgically treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass. The majority of these patients ...

In the largest multicenter clinical trial of children undergoing early-stage surgery for single-ventricle heart defects, differences in intraoperative management did not significantly affect ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Thanks to surgical innovations, a rare but serious heart defect no longer is deadly for newborns. But as those patients age, complications are emerging. Now, Children's Hospital ...

Some babies are born with hearts that have missing or malformed parts. A series of delicate operations can fix the damage and extend the lives of these children. Some babies are born with a rare ...

Duodenal atresia. The incidence of duodenal atresia is 1 in 10,000 live births. The characteristic "double-bubble" sign, corresponding to the dilated stomach and the duodenum, can be seen on ...