Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

A congenital heart defect is a condition you’re born with. Types of heart defects vary in severity — with some, you’ll need surgery as a child, while others don’t need treatment until later in life or ...

The diagnosis was made after an initial evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and follow-up visits to the Mayo Clinic and New Jersey's Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center. The ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists trained to treat this growing population.

The Centers for Disease Control says a baby is born with a heart defect every 15 minutes and health experts are raising awareness of this unsettling statistic during Congenital Heart Defect Awareness ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A pair of siblings born with the same rare heart condition are alive today because of surgeries within two weeks of birth. They both have a congenital heart defect, but 4-year-old ...

SAN ANTONIO – A prenatal diagnosis prepared one San Antonio family and University Health staff for the birth of a little boy named Max. Now, it’s Max’s miraculous story that is bringing attention to a ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

The probable cause of Bronny James' sudden cardiac arrest last month was revealed on Friday night. A James family spokesperson released a statement saying a congenital heart defect likely led to the ...