Researchers Identify New Gene Linked to CHD
Researchers from the UC San Diego, School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published [...]
Overview of Infant CPR
Unexpected death in a pediatric patient is usually due to trauma, sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory causes or near-drowning. Unintentional choking and suffocation are the leading cause of all injury [...]
Preparing for your CHD Baby’s Open Heart Surgery
Heart defects come in all types, from minor to major. Defects can occur inside the heart or in the large blood vessels outside the heart. The heart defect may need [...]
Digoxin Toxicity
Digitalis is a medication prescribed to certain heart patients. Digitalis toxicity is a complication of digitalis therapy, or it may be occur when someone takes more than a large amount [...]
Cyanotic CHDs – Most Common Cardiac Cause of Clubbing
In medicine, clubbing is a deformity of the fingers and fingernails. Clubbing occurs more frequently in children born with heart defects and people with chronic heart, lung, liver, or thyroid [...]
Researchers to Investigate the Genetics of CHD
Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital to search for undiscovered mutations as part of national collaboration Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital have received [...]
Organ Donation Policies Vary Amoung Children’s Hospitals
Children's Hospitals have widely varying policies on organ donation after cardiac death (DCD), according to researchers, who asked 124 hospitals in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada about their [...]
Patent Foramen Ovale linked to Migraine Headaches
A severe migraine attack can be agonizingly painful and accompanied by extreme light sensitivity and powerful nausea. Medications control some people's headaches, but for some sufferers no drug completely prevents [...]
Why are the Walls of the Ventricles Much Thicker than the Walls of the Atria?
The human heart has four separate chambers. Atria are the upper chambers of the heart and ventricles are the lower chambers. There is one atrium and one ventricle on the [...]
4-D Heart Imaging (PC VIPR)
Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S, and congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect around the world. About five million people in the U.S. [...]