Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal Nature.

In the US, there is increased risk for developing cancer in infants with CHD compared with infants without CHD.

New research highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic affected elective surgery in children with congenital heart disease ...

One-year-old baby undergoes successful open heart surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot at private hospital by expert medical team.

The incidence of cyanotic congenital heart disease increased in states with restrictive abortion policies after the Dobbs ruling in 2022, whereas rates remained relatively stable across states with ...

Northwestern University engineers tiny pacemaker for heart patients, eliminating need for invasive procedures and external power sources.

There was evidence of prioritizing cardiac surgery over catheterization and prioritizing infants during the ... COVID-19 pandemic on rates of congenital heart disease procedures among children ...

Major reallocation of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that elective surgery in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) was significantly reduced, so that those needing ...

This makes it easily injectable, even for the smallest of patients. The pacemaker was designed to help treat congenital heart diseases in newborn babies, which affect about 1 in every 100 infants.

"The genetic variants inherited from the mother may provide the necessary environment for cancer to develop in congenital ... among mothers of infants with heart defects. "This finding needs ...