No parent wants to find out that their child has a heart condition, but fortunately, children with ventricle defects can be helped with many different types of research-backed treatments and ...

An atrioventricular canal is a congenital heart defect that connects chambers of your child’s heart that shouldn’t be connected. Atrioventricular canals usually require surgical treatment. It usually ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a hole in the septum, which is the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart. In many cases, the hole closes on its own. A ventricular septal defect is a ...

Heart defects occur in about one percent of babies and are called congenital heart defects (CHDs). Approximately half are mild, with no major disruption to normal heart function. With the remainder, ...

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 ...

Sometimes a baby is born with certain types of congenital heart problems. In these cases, a type of open heart surgery called the Fontan procedure is done as the final part of a series of surgeries ...

An atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a condition in which there is a hole between the chambers of the left and right sides of the heart. Additionally, the valves between the chambers may not ...

SACRAMENTO -- A life-saving diagnosis came for a baby after she was admitted to the hospital for RSV. It turns out, she had a heart defect and immediately went in for life-saving surgery at UC Davis.

A passion for innovative solutions, a desire to provide hope to children who previously had none, outside-the-box thinking, and quality outcomes - these are the hallmarks of the Children's Heart ...

Dextrocardia is a heart condition in which the heart is not in its usual position. It points towards the right side of your chest instead of the left side. The condition is congenital, meaning that ...