The use of cardiopulmonary bypass does not cause short-term neurological problems in children and teenagers after surgery for less complex heart defects, according to pediatric researchers. The new finding contrasts [...]
Pregnant women who take antidepressants may have a slightly higher risk of delivering babies with rare birth defects. But the risks posed by the drugs are very small, according to [...]
The brains of full-term infants with congenital heart disease appear more similar to those of premature newborns than to the brains of normal term infants, a study conducted by researchers [...]
Cord Blood may help repair children's heart defects, according to the American Heart Association and Cord Blood Registry.Stem cells from umbilical cord blood may provide the raw material to repair [...]
Congenital heart defects account for five times more deaths annually than all childhood cancers combined. Alison Marsden, an assistant mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at the University of California at [...]
A breakthrough new procedure may improve quality of life for children and adults with a common type of congenital heart defect that interferes with the body's ability to oxygenate blood [...]
The serious form of congenital heart disease, known as AV heart block, develops when a certain type of antibody is transferred from the mother to the fetus during pregnancy. The [...]
It's a parents worst nightmare, a newborn baby going under the knife to repair a heart defect. If the baby survives, that's when the real work begins for parents. University [...]
WHAT IS ECMO?ECMO stands for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, a complex therapy that involves a pump that circulates blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream of a very ill [...]
Timeframe before conception may be linked to disease later in life. Mothers' health in the days and weeks prior to becoming pregnant may determine the health of offspring much later [...]
