Cardiology
Twins more likely to suffer from congenital heart disease
Identical twins that share a placenta have almost twice the increased risk of being born with congenital heart disease, new research has revealed.
Oct 2, 2015
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Congenital Heart Disease
Pediatrics
Studies find that delayed umbilical cord clamping may benefit some high-risk newborns
Clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord happens within 10 seconds after birth in most cases, in part so members of a medical team can more quickly begin caring for a newborn. But research from Nationwide Children's Hospital ...
Sep 24, 2015
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Pediatrics
Pulmonary hypertension: A growing problem in US children
A review of 15 years' worth of data in a national pediatric medical database has documented a substantial increase in the rate of hospitalizations for children with a form of high blood pressure once most common in those ...
Aug 12, 2015
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Medical research
Team gets the beat, develops method of quantifying ciliary movement
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have figured out how to objectively quantify the beating action of cilia, the tiny, hair-like projections on cells that line nasal passages, the lungs and almost ...
Aug 5, 2015
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Cardiology
Regenerating damaged cardiac muscle
To mend a broken heart—that is, to regenerate a damaged cardiac muscle—it helps to know how hearts are built. "How does one stem cell, which has no specific identity, develop into multiple cell types that organize into ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Cardiology
Hospital prints first 3D heart using multiple imaging techniques
Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional anatomic model of a patient's heart.
Jun 26, 2015
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Cardiology
Blood markers could help predict outcome of infant heart surgery
New research suggests it may be possible to predict an infant's progress following surgery for congenital heart disease by analysing a number of important small molecules in the blood.
May 6, 2015
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Medical research
Engineering new blood vessels in people is one step closer to reality
Scientists moved a step closer toward coaxing the body into producing its own replacement blood vessels after discovering that suppressing parts of the innate immune system may raise the chances of a tissue engineered vascular ...
Apr 30, 2015
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Cardiology
Study reveals first six months best for stimulating heart growth
In a recent issue of Science Translational Medicine, Brian Polizzotti, PhD, Bernhard Kuhn, MD, Sangita Choudhury, PhD, and colleagues affiliated with the Boston Children's Hospital's Translational Research Center report that ...
Apr 28, 2015
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Cardiology
Age at surgery and valve type in PVR key determinants of re-intervention in congenital heart disease
Over the last 15 years, survival of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) has greatly improved, so that currently there are more adults than children living with CHD. Consequently, people with CHD of all ages are undergoing ...
Apr 28, 2015
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