Although you may not think of children when you imagine someone with heart problems, congenital heart defects are actually the most common birth defect in the U.S., occurring in about 1% of births.

Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute is helping scientists use stem cell medicine and artificial intelligence to develop precision therapies for pediatric heart disease, the leading cause ...

Heart Disease in Children: It is very important to know the causes and symptoms of heart disease in children. Because nowadays even innocent hearts are becoming weak. So let's know what things you ...

Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all the secrets of life. “And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way ...

Heart disease during pregnancy may be tied to worse heart health in offspring decades later. Here’s what to know.

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (right), is a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior author of the study that found that babies who did not respond to increased oxygen and ...

Research shows Helping children develop healthy habits at a young age can help lower their risk for heart disease, stroke and other major health problems later in life. that a child’s cardiovascular ...

Your risk of heart disease may start as early as in the womb, a new study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine shows.

When pediatric cardiac surgeons evaluate options for their smallest patients with the most severe cardiac birth defects, they don’t have a lot of good choices. For conditions such as truncus ...

The cost for treating congenital heart disease can be overwhelming, highlighting the importance of financial support for families in need.

For most kids at age 12, life has been full of joyous moments, laughter and creativity. For one local girl, these years were ...

A child's future heart health may be partially shaped before they are born, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that ...