"Heart disease" is a general term for problems with the heart and can be classified in many different ways. "Congenital heart disease" is a type of heart disease that is present from birth, in which ...

The size of the national population of patients with grown-up congenital heart disease (GUCH) is uncertain, but since 80–85% of patients born with congenital heart disease now survive to adulthood ...

“Many students in medical school don’t come away with an understanding that these patients are surviving and that there is this relatively new field of adult congenital heart disease that’s ...

AIM To investigate the effect of several types of congenital heart disease (CHD) on nutrition and growth. PATIENTS AND METHODS The prevalence of malnutrition and growth failure was investigated in 89 ...

Cardiosphere‐derived cell (CDC) infusion was associated with better clinical outcomes at 2 years in patients with single ventricle heart disease. The current study investigates time‐to‐event outcomes ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Routine screening to detect risk factors for heart disease dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and some key measurements, such as blood pressure readings ...

These genes have a stronger effect in causing heart disease, making specific heart conditions more easily passed down through families. Other heart conditions, like high blood pressure and ...

Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...

Senior Honors students who are prepared to submit their Senior Honors Thesis for review and final approval should follow the College’s instructions on how to prepare and submit their thesis by ...

But men with both conditions develop heart problems 28 years earlier, and women 26 years earlier MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease ...