In clinical practice guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and published ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines provide updated management strategies for the growing population of adults living with congenital heart disease.

New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists ...

American guidelines now emphasize a greater role of specialized cardiologists in routine care for people with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), including initial evaluation in general and ...

The Ochsner Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program announced that it has earned accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of death, and we break down its pathology, risk factors, and the ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are more likely to have offspring with a congenital heart defect.

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

After losing their infant son to a rare heart defect, Chelsea and Paul Lamb founded Miles of Love to help families cover ...

Infants of mothers with diabetes have a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital heart defects. Such developmental defects are likely caused by a combination of genetic and environmental ...