Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The company calls it the world's first medical device...
Congenital Heart
This Congenital Heart Disease channel includes news and new technology to diagnose, treat and manage congenital heart disease. This includes transposed vessels, tetralogy of Fallot, pediatric cardiomyopathy, pulmonary heart valves, pulmonary atresia, patent foramen ovale (PFO), atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD).
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Karen Orjuela, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at the...
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This is an example of the new Fetal HQ heart and vascular software from GE Healthcare for fetal ultrasound.
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Example of GE Healthcare’s FetalHQ software for the ultrasound imaging of fetal hearts.
News | Structural Heart Occluders | January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019 — Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Amplatzer Piccolo...
Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | December 12, 2018
This is an example of the new Fetal HQ heart and vascular software from GE Healthcare for fetal ultrasound. The...
News | Contrast Media | November 30, 2018
November 30, 2018 — VigiLanz and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center recently announced a collaboration...
Videos | Congenital Heart | November 01, 2018
Example of GE Healthcare’s FetalHQ software for the ultrasound imaging of fetal hearts. The new tool runs on GE...
Feature | Congenital Heart | October 30, 2018
October 30, 2018 — At 18 weeks, a baby’s heart is the size of an olive and beating about 150 times per minute....
Image courtesy of St. Louis Children's and Washington University Heart Center
News | Congenital Heart | September 25, 2018
September 25, 2018 — Five-month-old Jack Palmer is home with his family in Kansas City after undergoing an extremely...
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018 — Even as a young adult, being overweight may cause...
Ultrasound image of the carotid artery. Lines in yellow were used to determine arterial diameter and stretching before and following exercise.
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018 — New research published in...
Model of the human heart with microprocessor located in the pericardial sac and attached to the left ventricle. Graphic courtesy of Business Wire.
News | Pacemakers | June 29, 2018
June 28, 2018 — Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California (...
Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | June 28, 2018
This is a demonstration of the the Philips TrueVue photo-realistic rendering and lighting source technology. This...
News | Congenital Heart | June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018 — Heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, and can be caused by mutations in the gene...
News | Heart Valve Technology | May 11, 2018
May 11, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced two-year outcomes for the Harmony...
Image courtesy of Hayek Medical
News | Congenital Heart | May 02, 2018
May 2, 2018 — Select adult patients born with a single functioning ventricle, and who have undergone a surgical...
