When children are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), they require a series of major surgical procedures to survive. But even with a repaired heart, as many as one in four children die from complications before ...
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A gene known to be important in cardiac development has been newly associated with congenital heart malformations that result in obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. These are the findings from a study conducted ...
Apr 29, 2011
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Doctors should consider using catheterization as a treatment tool in addition to its established role in diagnosing children with heart defects, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement.
May 2, 2011
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Madeline "Maddie" Ramon is used to being asked about the scars that can often be seen poking out the top of her shirt.
Jan 5, 2021
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Almost one third of babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, die from heart failure before their first birthday. By uncovering cellular processes that drive heart failure in these young patients, a new study ...
Apr 7, 2022
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In the largest multicenter clinical trial of children undergoing early-stage surgery for single-ventricle heart defects, differences in intraoperative management did not significantly affect neurodevelopmental outcomes at ...
Apr 5, 2012
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Wendy Wees suffered a miscarriage during her first pregnancy with husband, Jason Protiva, so they were overjoyed when they passed the nine-week mark of her second pregnancy.
Oct 22, 2020
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Detecting a critical heart defect before birth (congenital heart defects) is less likely when a mother lives in a rural area, lives in a neighborhood with low socioeconomic status or is Hispanic, according to new research ...
May 17, 2021
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A new study published in Circulation Research provides novel insights into how mutations in the NOTCH1gene may lead to abnormal differentiation and proliferation of cardiomyocytes and contribute to ventricular hypoplasia ...
Jan 23, 2023
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By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening heart ...
Jul 18, 2023
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