Atrioventricular septal defect is a developmental irregularity in which a hole connects two or more chambers in your child’s heart. This hole may connect the top two, the bottom two, or all four ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

Maternal type 1 diabetes and overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk for congenital heart defects (CHDs) among offspring, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in JAMA ...

When a critically ill baby with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) was transferred to Children's Hospital Los Angeles last year—just hours after birth—the Heart Institute team saw ...

Doctors at Tenwek Mission Hospital conduct a surgery on one of the patients during a open heart surgery which saw 12 children benefit. [Gilbert Kimutai, Standard] At Mater Hospital in Nairobi, 23-year ...

When Su Lee was just seven years old, he found out he had a heart murmur, caused by a congenital heart defect. The heart murmur was discovered at a routine check-up after Lee was in a car accident ...

February is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness month, which is important to acknowledge because congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. There are many different types ranging in ...

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 ...

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 ...