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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News | Stent Grafts | May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016 — Bioabsorbable heart valves or blood vessels are designed to harness the body’s innate healing process,...
News | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) | May 02, 2016
May 2, 2016 — In a recent case series, clinicians from The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio...
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News | Cardiac Imaging | May 02, 2016
May 2, 2016 — Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of...
News | Heart Valve Technology | April 15, 2016
April 15, 2016 — The first clinical data on the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) from its early...
News | Congenital Heart | March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016 — Adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) may have a significantly higher risk of post-...
News | Congenital Heart | March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016 — A recent study is bringing new hope to families of children who struggle with a common form of...
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News | Congenital Heart | March 03, 2016
March 1, 2016 — Last August, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) cardiologists confirmed the heart of a 27-week-old...
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
February 10, 2016 — Fred Hoiberg, head coach of the National Basketball Assocation’s (NBA) Chicago Bulls, is launching...
News | Structural Heart | January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016 — On the 100th anniversary of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton,...
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
January 15, 2016 — 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Ore...
News | Congenital Heart | January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016 — Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life-...
Feature | Congenital Heart | December 09, 2015
December 9, 2015 — Scientists have confirmed the role of a set of gene mutations in the development of congenital heart...
News | Advanced Visualization | November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015 — A new 3-D computer modeling system may significantly improve a surgeon’s ability to select the best...
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
August 28, 2015 — Cardiologists from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles successfully implanted a Melody Transcatheter...
News | Cath Lab | August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 — The global interventional cardiology devices market is expected to reach $25.16 billion by 2020,...
