When Jennifer Case was living in Los Angeles in her early 30s, she was hospitalized 11 times. She had been born with two rare heart abnormalities, Ebstein anomaly and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have developed 'stem cell plasters' to revolutionize the way surgeons treat children living with congenital heart ...

Cyanotic heart disease refers to a group of heart problems that occur at birth. The condition can cause abnormally low oxygen levels in the blood and lead to a bluish skin color. Congenital heart ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

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 ...

When it comes to matters of the heart, some conditions involve things we can impact, but others we have no control over. About one in 100 babies born in this country have some sort of heart defect.

Stephanie and Robby McDaniel lost their son Graeme at just 2 and 1/2 years old to congenital heart disease in 2015. While their time with their son was brief, the couple has made it their life’s ...

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 ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition ...