Background Population studies of congenital heart disease (CHD) often include only children receiving cardiac interventions, ...

One of several findings was the discovery of a group of cells, likely unique to humans, that may help the heart respond to low oxygen levels.

Under a complete national abortion ban, the incidence of neonatal single-ventricle cardiac defects would likely increase, as would the associated resource utilization, according to a decision analysis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Extracardiac anomalies, including structural brain anomalies, were frequently detected on fetal MRI among ...

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Every 15 minutes, a baby is born in the United States with a congenital heart defect. Congenital heart defects, also known as CHDs, are problems present at birth that affect ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common form of human birth defect, but we still don't fully understand what causes them. Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) discovered that placental malperfusion (PMP), a condition that ...

A Congenital Heart Walk will be held in Gilbert on Sept. 21 at Gilbert Regional Park. It is one of 33 heart walks held across the country for an issue the CDC says is the most common type of birth ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with ...