Patients with an increased risk for premature death in adulthood include those with: unoperated or surgically palliated cyanotic heart disease or Eisenmenger physiology; patients with repaired ...

There are over 30 different types of congenital heart defects which fall into three main categories: Septal defects, Obstruction defects and Cyanotic heart disease. Septal defects are commonly ...

Congenital Heart Defects are the most common congenital ... room with excessive crying and deepening of cyanosis, known as "cyanotic spells." If there is a history suggestive of a "cyanotic ...

When we think of heart disease, we often picture an older person clutching their chest — but what if the heart problem starts ...

Prostaglandin E1 is responsible for keeping the ductus open and thus in certain cyanotic congenital heart defects where the only mixing of arterial and venous blood is through a PDA, prostaglandin ...

The research work of the Phoebe Willingham Muzzy Pediatric Molecular Cardiology Laboratory includes the identification of the underlying causes of heart muscle disease and congenital heart disease, as ...