In the 1940s, the survival rate for infants born with congenital heart defects was less than 10%. Now, breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of congenital heart defects have greatly improved ...

Christian Pizarro, MD, has joined New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System as chief of congenital heart surgery and director of pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Pizarro is an internationally ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally distinguished surgeon-scientist Jose L. Peiro Ibanez, MD, PhD, joins Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone as director of the newly ...

In a medical records study covering thousands of children, a U.S.-Canadian team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concludes that while surgery to correct congenital heart disease (CHD) ...

As a newborn, she had a procedure to allow mixing of the blood flow to keep her stable until her heart became a bit bigger. When she was 10 months old, the late, pioneering cardiac surgeon Maurice ...

Dr. David Kalfa's appointment is the first joint hire of a new academic partnership between the two organizations MIAMI, Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. David M. Kalfa, a pioneer in developing ...

The landmark regulatory decision validates the critical role of Prolacta's 100% human milk-based fortifiers for the most ...

Runner gets open-heart surgery after childhood congenital heart defect surgery. Feb. 6, 2013— -- Like many relatively recent college graduates, Jane Lee wasn't always on top of her doctor's ...

For parents of children born with congenital heart defects, surgery is only the beginning. Sleepless nights, repeated hospital visits, financial strain, and emotional stress often define the real ...

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