The device also dissolves once it is no longer needed, making invasive removal a thing of the past.

Using cardiac imaging during heart surgery can detect serious residual holes in the heart that may occur when surgeons repair a child's heart defect, and offers surgeons the opportunity to close those ...

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has shown that prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is associated with earlier surgery for babies with congenital ...

A study has shown that prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is associated with earlier surgery for babies with congenital heart defects, the most common birth defects affecting ...

Heart specialists at Mayo Clinic today presented new research at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting that ...

The baby was admitted to us as an emergency patient immediately after birth. At birth, the baby was diagnosed with a complex ...

For any parent, the joy of a new arrival can be suddenly eclipsed by the news that their baby has a heart defect. When a specialist mentions the word "surgery," the world seems to stop. It is a moment ...

As a newborn, she had a procedure to allow mixing of the blood flow to keep her stable until her heart became a bit bigger. When she was 10 months old, the late, pioneering cardiac surgeon Maurice ...

Levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) after cardiac surgery that are linked to an increased risk of 30-day death are substantially higher than what current consensus statements ...

We undertook an international prospective cohort study involving patients 18 years of age or older who underwent cardiac surgery. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I measurements (upper reference ...