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).

2D model showing how the pluripotent stem cells react to human relevant doses of cadmium over 8 days. From the control in the first panel, to the last panel, researchers can see how the differentiation to cardiomyocytes is inhibited with different doses of cadmium.

News | Congenital Heart

New 3D Model Shows How Cadmium Exposure May Affect Heart Development

November 2, 2022 — Researchers have developed a three-dimensional model that shows how exposure to cadmium might lead ...

November 02, 2022

The stage is set for the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022, to be held November 5-7 at McCormick Place in Chicago, and virtually.

News | AHA

AHA Scientific Sessions 2022 Program, Late-breakers Announced

October 4, 2022 — The American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022 is set for November 5-7 at McCormick ...

October 04, 2022

The new ECHO lab enables cardiac teams to use ultrasound (or echocardiography) to assess the size and efficiency of heart chambers. Stress tests, coronary CTAs, and cardiac MRIs are also interpreted there.

News | Congenital Heart

Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute Battling Heart Disease in a New Place

October 3, 2022 — A new ‘ECHO lab’ at Memorial Hospital West is benefiting patients that may have heart disease and the ...

October 03, 2022

Cardiac Implants LLC has announced the successful initial deployment of its Annuloplasty ring with implementation of a therapeutic adjustment procedure using its innovative Tri-Ring percutaneous annuloplasty device.

News | Heart Valve Technology

Cardiac Implants Announces Successful Therapeutic Adjustment Procedure Using Tri-Ring Percutaneous Annuloplasty Device

September 15, 2022 — Cardiac Implants LLC has announced the successful initial deployment of its Annuloplasty ring with ...

September 15, 2022

The ŌNŌ endovascular retrieval system was recently used to remove a malpositioned leadless pacemaker (LPM) that embolized to the right pulmonary artery in a 52- year-old patient, ŌNŌCOR LLC announced.

News | Structural Heart

First-In-Human Use of the ŌNŌ Retrieval System for Percutaneous Removal of an Embolized Leadless Pacemaker from the Right Pulmonary Artery

September 13, 2022 — The ŌNŌ endovascular retrieval system was recently used to remove a malpositioned leadless ...

September 13, 2022

About one percent of the world population is born with a congenital heart defect, which affects about 40,000 U.S. births each year, but how these particular birth defects come about is largely unknown.

News | Congenital Heart

New Study Provides Insight for How Congenital Heart Defects Manifest

August 2, 2022 — About one percent of the world population is born with a congenital heart defect, which affects about ...

August 02, 2022

Scientists develop a roadmap to future personalized medicine for heart defects that develop before birth

News | Congenital Heart

New Understanding of Congenital Heart Disease Progression Opens Door to Improved Treatment Options

July 6, 2022 — A team of investigators from Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of ...

July 06, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Business

Thomas E. MacGillivray Named Chair of Cardiac Surgery for MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute

May 25, 2022 — MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute announced that Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, has been named physician ...

May 25, 2022

The Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) system offers a less invasive treatment option for patients with a congenital heart defect irregularity in their right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) that requires a pulmonary valve placement to restore valve function.

News | Heart Valve Technology

First Intermediate to Long-term Study of the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve System Validates Safety and Efficacy

May 19, 2022 — A study of 1-year outcomes in the largest cohort to date of Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) ...

May 19, 2022

News | Congenital Heart

Scientists Implicate Non-cardiac Genes in Congenital Heart Disease

May 2, 2022 – Inside embryonic cells, specific proteins control the rate at which genetic information is transcribed ...

May 02, 2022

Medtronic Harmony FDA recall The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall

News | Heart Valve Technology

Medtronic Recalls Harmony Delivery Catheter, Part of TPV System, for Risk of Capsule Break During Use

April 27, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class I recall for the Medtronic Harmony deliv ...

April 27, 2022

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) and colleagues have tested AI-enhanced diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease in a clinical setting.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Doctors Diagnosing Fetal Heart Disease Benefit from Explanatory AI

April 20, 2022 – Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) and colleagues have tested ...

April 20, 2022

Clinician-scientists in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai developed a clinical algorithm that, for the first time, distinguishes between treatable sudden cardiac arrest and untreatable forms of the condition.

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Cedars-Sinai Researchers Are the First to Distinguish Between Treatable and Untreatable Sudden Cardiac Arrest

March 30, 2022 — Clinician-scientists in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai developed a clinical algorithm that ...

March 30, 2022

People with a congenital heart defect who were hospitalized with COVID-19 infection were at higher risk for severe illness or death than those without a heart defect, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

People With Heart Defects May Be at a Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness

March 13, 2022 – People with a congenital heart defect who were hospitalized with COVID-19 infection were at higher risk ...

March 11, 2022

Researchers at Gladstone; Nearly 1 percent of all children are born with congenital heart disease—a range of potentially life-threatening problems with the structure and function of their hearts. For most children, the precise causes of these frightening defects are unknown.

News | Congenital Heart

Getting to the Heart of Complex Disease

February 21, 2022—Nearly 1 percent of all children are born with congenital heart disease—a range of potentially life ...

February 21, 2022