Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects, affecting approximately 1% of live births globally and accounting for more than 4.18 million cases in children under five1.

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, it was impossible for clinicians to know which babies with major heart defects might eventually have ...

In cases of mild congenital heart defects, more prenatal visits are associated with greater likelihood of appropriate ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that a genetic mutation that causes congenital heart disease also ...

ROBERTS, Wisconsin — In the family backyard, Peyton Danovsky wears a shirt that reads, "Little Warrior" as she calls herself a "heart warrior." To know Peyton, is to know her heart. "You wouldn't be ...

Attendees of the fundraiser got to enjoy various carnival games ring toss and cornhole, provided by Cricket Wireless. NAZ CHD Awareness and Family Planning held a coloring contest at the event, where ...

The diagnosis was made after an initial evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and follow-up visits to the Mayo Clinic and New Jersey's Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center. The ...

The probable cause of Bronny James' sudden cardiac arrest last month was revealed on Friday night. A James family spokesperson released a statement saying a congenital heart defect likely led to the ...