(ABC 6 News) – Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week starts on February 7th, and MercyOne is doing its part in raising awareness about them. Through the month of February, every baby born at ...

Montrealer Émile Beauchamp was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a combination of four defects that make the level of oxygen in the blood too low. “I’ve learned to live with it, but it’s been something ...

Turner syndrome is a rare genetic disorder found in some women and people assigned female at birth. It can cause short stature and a range of health issues including heart defects, learning ...

raising awareness of congenital heart defects (CHD) in children. The event, organised by Heart Kids SA and supported by The Children’s Cardiac Foundation of Africa (TCCFA) – an initiative by ...

PCIS refers to a collective term including 4 types, Dressler's syndrome, PPS, and post-traumatic pericarditis. This condition is considered to be an autoimmune-mediated inflammatory response leading ...

cardio.chboston.org Background Noonan syndrome (NS), a relatively common autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of 1 in 1000 to 2500 live births, is the most common syndromic cause of ...

1 with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect; 2 with pulmonic valve stenosis; 2 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome; 1 with aortic coarctation and bicuspid aortic valve; 1 with dysplastic ...

Correspondence to Dr Nathalie Auger, University of Montreal Hospital Centre Research Centre, Montreal H2P 1E2, Canada; nathalie.auger{at}inspq.qc.ca Background Patients with heart defects are at risk ...

Heterotaxy arises from a failure of the embryo to establish normal left-right asymmetry and is known to affect 3% of infants with congenital heart disease. A recessive mutation causing heterotaxy ...

The first characterisation of fetal presentation of the syndrome is also provided ... at the age of 2 weeks. The disease course was marked by gradual improvement in flexion contractures accompanied by ...

Women are less likely to be diagnosed with heart disease than men, and less likely to get best treatment. Researchers are struggling with old stereotypes to right the balance. When asked to name ...

annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and ...