A newborn's heart will grow roughly 15 times larger in volume by the time adulthood is reached — a remarkable transformation ...

Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading cause ...

Children's Wisconsin and UW Health are combining their pediatric heart defect programs. Children's Wisconsin and UW Health have entered into a joint venture merging their congenital heart disease ...

A University of Houston pharmacology researcher and expert in cardiac development has identified a new cause of—and repair ...

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (right), is a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior author of the study that found that babies who did not respond to increased oxygen and ...

SAN ANTONIO – Founded in 2000, HeartGift specializes in providing corrective surgeries to children worldwide who are born with congenital heart defects (CHD), particularly in regions where medical ...

In El Paso, babies are born each year with congenital heart disease — some are diagnosed before birth, their tiny hearts closely monitored in the womb, while others go home undetected, their families ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Tubes snaked across 3-year-old Gracious Chikova’s bandaged chest in the intensive care unit of a government hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Just a day earlier, surgeons ...

The Kirchner family has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. Their son, Karson, is a happy and energetic 11-month-old baby. He's come a long way since being diagnosed with a rare heart condition ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Until Jennifer Cortes joined a patient advocacy ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The inaugural Congenital Heart Walk is set to take place this weekend in West Palm Beach, marking the first time the event has been held in South Florida. Organized by ...