Latest congenital heart disease Stories
Birth Defect Research for Children Asking Public to Sign Petition for Research Center ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC) has been tracking the increased incidence of birth defects and developmental disabilities among children of U.S. military veterans since 1990, and is asking the public for help in garnering support for a Children's Research Center to study the phenomena. BDRC started a petition to the Veteran's...
New "staged left ventricle recruitment," or SLVR, approach could revolutionize treatment of severe form of congenital heart defect BOSTON, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Using a combination of surgical procedures developed over the last 11 years, surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital have established a new approach for rebuilding the heart in children born with a severe heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This "staged left ventricle recruitment"...
Optical Society of America Forces inside the beating heart of a human embryo help determine health of a baby's heart: New 3-D images map these important forces As a human fetus develops, its heart has to keep pace with the new body's ever-growing demands. Much of this is controlled by following genetic blueprints, but the embryonic heart also matures in response to the intense stresses of pumping blood. For the first time, researchers have been able to visualize in 3-D the stresses...
More than 152 Zoloft Lawsuits Pending in U.S District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Allege Zoloft Caused Birth Defects when Ingested by Pregnant Women. Melville, NY (PRWEB) October 01, 2012 The Zoloft birth defect lawyers at Alonso Krangle LLP, a leading national law firm focused on fighting for the rights of serious personal injury victims, report that the federal litigation recently established for Zoloft birth defect lawsuits is moving forward, with the litigation’s next...
James Hammel, M.D., shares expertise with surgeons from U.S., Europe OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congenital heart surgeon James Hammel, M.D., on Thursday presented a video demonstration of a novel infant cardiac surgical technique at the joint meeting of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association in Chicago. The technique allows many complex heart defect repairs, including the Norwood operation for...
PITTSBURGH, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock for the Heart Foundation presents Heart Strings - featuring the North American premiere of Sir Paul McCartney's, NOVA, an orchestral adaptation composed by McCartney for his late wife, Linda, which will be performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Friday, September 7, 2012, 8 p.m., at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, to benefit pediatric cardiac research. "We are so honored Pittsburgh and its magnificent symphony will...
ATLANTA, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading tissue processing and medical device Company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that 2012 second quarter financial results will be released on Tuesday, July, 31, 2012. On that day, the Company will hold a teleconference call and live webcast at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer session hosted by Steven G. Anderson, president and chief...
New Program Provides Specialized Care for Patients and Helps Families Cope CHICAGO, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most common congenital heart defect, occurring in approximately one to two percent of the population. The condition is present when the aortic valve, the valve that connects the heart to the main artery that distributes blood to the body, contains two leaflets instead of three, which open and close to regulate blood...
Scientists now have clues to how a gene mutation discovered in families affected with congenital heart disease leads to underdevelopment of the walls that separate the heart into four chambers. A Nationwide Children's Hospital study appearing in PLoS Genetics suggests that abnormal development of heart cells during embryogenesis may be to blame. When babies are born with a hole in their heart (either between the upper or lower chambers), they have a septal defect, the most common form of...
ATLANTA, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading medical device company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with CardioFocus, Inc. ending the outstanding patent dispute between CryoLife's wholly owned subsidiary, Cardiogenesis Corporation (acquired by CryoLife in May 2011), and CardioFocus that was pending in the United States District Court of Massachusetts. Under the terms of the...
