A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect is actually an incomplete closure of the atrial wall that results in a flap or valve-like ...

Bluish or grey lips, fatigue, breathlessness, heart murmur, and irregular heartbeat may signal Ebstein’s anomaly—a rare ...

Treatments approved for PAH may reduce by half the risk of serious complications or death in patients with repaired ...

One of the largest international genetic studies of congenital heart disease (CHD) highlights the significance, in particular forms of the disease, of spontaneous gene mutations not inherited from ...

There are often no noticeable symptoms, but some patients may only have a heart murmur, a "swishing noise" doctors can hear ...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...

Newborns with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer compared to children born without a heart abnormality. Congenital heart defects in newborns may also ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Newborns with congenital heart disease, especially isolated valve or vessel lesions, may be at increased ...

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 ...