The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded four contracts totaling $23.6 million to begin preclinical testing of devices to help [...]
Normally, electricity flows throughout the heart in a regular, measured pattern. This normally operating electrical system is the basis for heart muscle contractions.Sometimes, the electrical flow gets blocked or travels [...]
Injured heart tissue normally can't regrow, but researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have now laid the groundwork for regenerating heart tissue after a heart attack, in patients with heart failure, [...]
After repair of congenital heart defects, children are at higher risk for significant tachyarrhythmias early after surgery if they're given milrinone, according to a study from Tennessee.Milrinone is often used [...]
Sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents is rare but seems to be more frequent than previously reported. The occurrence of such an event is very devastating. Primary caretakers should [...]
Pericardial effusion is the accumulation of excess fluid around the heart.The heart is surrounded by a double-layered, sac-like structure called the pericardium. The space between the layers normally contains a [...]
The same 10 gene mutations responsible for cardiac hypertrophy (thickening of the heart muscle) in adults are also associated with many cases of this rare but life-threatening condition in children, [...]
Thirteen people die each day while waiting for an organ. If everyone became an organ donor, there would be enough organs for every person who needed one. It's free, it's [...]
A small number of newborns suffer from a complex and potentially fatal congenital defect known as tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aorto-pulmonary collaterals. In infants with this [...]
PhysiciansAnesthesiologist - a physician trained to provide anesthesia (medicine that makes your child go to sleep) prior to as well as during surgery.Attending Physician - a more senior, supervising physician [...]