Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in ...

my specialty is treating children's hearts, but as a pediatrician, I also recognize that surrounding each heart is a child. My job is to take care of both. Part of my job includes having hard ...

The federal government has halted previously approved funding for the study and manufacturing of a pediatric heart pump developed by researchers at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University.

We modify adult therapies to use in pediatrics," said Dr. Lorts, director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Patients awaiting a heart transplant are often ...

Children show decreasing heart rate together with the maturation of the autonomic nervous system. The aim of the research was to assess the relationship between HRT parameters, age, and heart rate ...

Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading ...

Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., has established a new pediatric heart transplant program. Led by Michael Earing, MD, division director of pediatric cardiology, Luca Vricella ...

Just 20 weeks into Kate's pregnancy, the couple learned their baby, Noah, had hypoplastic left heart syndrome ... in the Ronald McDonald House inside Children’s Mercy Hospital.

History was made after a team of surgeons successfully performed a pediatric partial heart transplant in Southern California for the first time. Ymiliano Hernandez, 12, was born with truncus ...

The below chart from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital outlines the normal range of beats per minute for resting heart rate, based on age. Target heart rate refers to a range of heart beats per ...

Background: Pediatric trauma is a major global health concern, accounting for a substantial proportion of deaths and disease burden from age 5 onwards ... Clinical variables at admission, including ...