April 3, 2018 — Following the unprecedented Gore REDUCE Clinical Study conclusion that closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) can prevent recurrent ischemic strokes, W. L.
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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A discussion with Ami Bhatt, M.D., director of the adult congenital heart program and outpatient cardiology,...
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Dianna Bardo M.D., director of body MR and co-director of the 3-D Innovation Lab at Phoenix Children's Hospital, discusses how 3-D printing and other advanced imaging modalities can help improve...
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Infant deaths from critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) decreased more than 33 percent in eight states that mandated screening for CCHD using a test called pulse oximetry. In addition, deaths...
Technology | Structural Heart Occluders | April 03, 2018
April 3, 2018 — Following the unprecedented Gore REDUCE Clinical Study conclusion that closure of patent foramen...
News | Congenital Heart | March 30, 2018
March 30, 2018 — Bariatric surgery is predicted to cut in half the...
Videos | Congenital Heart | March 20, 2018
A discussion with Ami Bhatt, M.D., director of the adult...
News | Congenital Heart | February 05, 2018
February 5, 2018 — Children's Hospital Los Angeles announced participation in the first-ever...
Technology | Stents Bare Metal | December 14, 2017
December 14, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced clearance for NuMed’s Cheatham Platinum (...
Videos | Advanced Visualization | December 07, 2017
Dianna Bardo M.D., director of body MR and co-director of the 3-D Innovation Lab at Phoenix Children's Hospital,...
Dee Dee Wang, M.D., runs Henry Ford Hospital's 3-D printing lab that supports its complex structural heart program.
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | October 13, 2017 | Dave Fornell
Three-dimensional (3-D) printed anatomic models created from a patient’s computed tomography (CT), magnetic...
News | Congenital Heart | September 05, 2017
September 5, 2017 — Abbott announced it has initiated a U.S. pivotal clinical study evaluating the safety and...
News | Congenital Heart | July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017 — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently published...
Andrei, 12, is the world’s youngest patient to be bridged to transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. He is pictured after his heart transplant with his surgeon, Antonio Amodeo, M.D., at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, Italy. Photo courtesy of Business Wire.
News | Congenital Heart | June 22, 2017
June 22, 2017 — A 12-year-old boy at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, Italy, has become the world’s...
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 — A new study shows that the use of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is safe and effective...
News | Congenital Heart | April 04, 2017
April 4, 2017 — A multi-center study done in the United States and Canada may have global applicability for families...
