Atrioventricular septal defect is a developmental irregularity in which a hole connects two or more chambers in your child’s heart. This hole may connect the top two, the bottom two, or all four ...

An atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a condition in which there is a hole between the chambers of the left and right sides of the heart. Additionally, the valves between the chambers may not ...

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 ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately 0.9% of live births. Sadly, they are also the leading cause of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doctors at Tenwek Mission Hospital conduct a surgery on one of the patients during a open heart surgery which saw 12 children benefit. [Gilbert Kimutai, Standard] At Mater Hospital in Nairobi, 23-year ...

The baby's family was told that the operation carried a high success rate. The chief surgeon of a five-month-old baby girl's ...

Update: After this story aired, Rachel Moyer, who runs the Greg Moyer AED Fund, shipped an AED to Decker's parents, who will carry it with them to Decker's sports activities. A Tennessee family is ...