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).

Fred Hoiberg, Chicago Bulls coach, On-X aortic heart valve, education campaign

Fred Hoiberg, head coach of the NBA Chicago Bulls, is launching a new campaign to help people with heart valve problems on www.heartvalvesurgery.com. Coach Hoiberg, pictured here with his family, wanted a single, life-long solution to his aortic heart valve problem, and received an On-X aortic mechanical valve from On-X Life Technologies Inc. in April 2015.

News | Heart Valve Technology | February 10, 2016

Chicago Bulls’ Coach Fred Hoiberg Leads New Heart Valve Patient Education Campaign

February 10, 2016 — Fred Hoiberg, head coach of the National Basketball Assocation’s (NBA) Chicago Bulls, is...

Ernest Shackleton, hole in the heart, Endurance 100th anniversary, Ian Calder

News | Structural Heart | January 20, 2016

Antarctic Explorer Shackleton Posthumously Diagnosed with ‘Hole in the Heart’

January 20, 2016 — On the 100th anniversary of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton,...

pulmonary artery to left atrial shunt, heart lung transplant, Oswaldo, Stanford Children's Health

2015 was a year of dramatic changes for Oswaldo and his family, seen here at his bedside, post-transplant surgery in July. Photo courtesy of Business Wire.

Feature | Cardiovascular Surgery | January 15, 2016

Stanford Children’s Health Uses Shunt to Buy Time for Pediatric Heart-Lung Transplant

January 15, 2016 — 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem,...

heart valve formation, newborns, congenital heart defects, Cornell study

News | Congenital Heart | January 14, 2016

Embryonic Heart Valve Research May Prevent Newborn Congenital Heart Defects

January 14, 2016 — Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of...

NHLBI, congenital heart disease, neurodevelopment issues, children, genetic link, Science

Feature | Congenital Heart | December 09, 2015

Link Found Between Congenital Heart Disease and Neurodevelopment Issues in Children

December 9, 2015 — Scientists have confirmed the role of a set of gene mutations in the development of...

3-D modeling, reconstructed hearts, child heart transplants, AHA Scientific Sessions 2015

News | Advanced Visualization | November 23, 2015

3-D Image May Provide Better Size Match for Child Heart Transplants

November 23, 2015 — A new 3-D computer modeling system may significantly improve a surgeon’s ability to select the...

Max Page and his father Buck share a pre-operation moment on morning of July 30 Melody transcatheter valve procedure at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

News | Structural Heart | August 28, 2015

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Performs Melody Heart Valve Implant on Child Actor Max Page

August 28, 2015 — Cardiologists from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles successfully implanted a...