Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with certain conotruncal cardiac defects should be screened in the prenatal/neonatal period for ...

DORV is one abnormality in a spectrum of anomalies pertaining to cardiac structure and function. These anomalies range from tetralogy of Fallot (i.e., a congenital defect classically involving four ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Each year, thousands of babies are born with severe heart defects that must be operated on within days or weeks of their birth. And though the odds for these infants are much better ...

Aim: To find out the significance of murmurs heard during infancy. Methods: Retrospective audit of all infants with newly heard murmurs referred from April 2007 to October 2009 to cardiac clinics in ...

Research led by the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen has revealed that nearly 23% of pregnancies affected by fetal major congenital heart defects also result in adverse obstetric outcomes. Major ...

When a critically ill baby with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) was transferred to Children's Hospital Los Angeles last year—just hours after birth—the Heart Institute team saw ...

Cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) is a condition present at birth. CCHD causes low levels of oxygen in the blood. A common symptom is a bluish tint to the skin, called cyanosis. Several birth ...

Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a rare congenital disorder where both of the great arteries, namely the aorta and the pulmonary artery, arise from the right ventricle. Normally, the aorta ...