Adults with both Down syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing remarkable resilience despite facing significant medical challenges, according to ...

Yale researchers are exploring a new approach to treat a potentially deadly heart defect. They have begun designing an artificial blood vessel to grow in a patient’s heart. After receiving over $2 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over 50 years, Stanford Medicine has conducted 568 pediatric heart transplants. Seth Hollander, MD, credits the ...

Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen’s daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. “I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very hard ...

Newborns with a heart defect may have two strikes against their future health, rather than one. Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to ...

For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would ...

Dr. David Kalfa is pioneering new frontiers in pediatric surgery. In 2023, he performed the world's first "domino" infant heart transplant, a groundbreaking procedure during which a donated heart ...

Chicago, Illinois – 27 April, 2025 – A groundbreaking collaboration among leading organizations in pediatric heart transplantation has led to the formation of Pediatric Heart Transplant Alliance.