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 ...

The term Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) encompasses a range of structural cardiac anomalies that persist into adulthood, often as a consequence of improvements in paediatric diagnostics and ...

Suffering from a complex congenital heart disease, six-year-old Kanishka was born a “blue baby” -- a term used for children with low oxygen levels that give their skin a bluish tint. Her condition ...

While we already have an understanding of the trajectories of babies who undergo different surgical/interventional procedures for congenital heart disease (CHD),1 much less is known about the ...

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health ...

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 ...

A 12-year-old Miami boy is already back on the baseball diamond after doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital used virtual ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Children’s Heart Foundation is hosting 33 walks nationwide this year to unite families affected by congenital heart defects and raise funds for research. The San Antonio Congenital ...

Gayatri A. Acharya, MD: Greetings. I'm Dr Gayatri Acharya, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. During today's recording, we'll be discussing living into adulthood with congenital heart disease in the ...