Pages tagged: congenital heart disease

Every February the whole country focuses on the heart for American Heart Month. Texas Heart Institute is taking part again...

Texas Heart Institute (THI) Senior Research Scientist Shaolie S. Hossain, PhD, received a prestigious NIH grant to build prediction models...

Question #1: Answer: It all depends on the diagnosis. Some conditions evolve, and some evolve quicker than others, warranting repeat...

Dear Karen: The signs and symptoms are very variable and being blue is one of them.

In the situation indicated, sometimes the sonographer can get improved images by rolling the patient to the right side instead...

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) means that the foramen ovale stays open after birth. About 1 out of every 3 or 4 people has PFO. Most people with PFO go their whole lives without any symptoms. In fact, PFO is usually discovered only when patients undergo tests for other heart conditions.

Marfan syndrome is a rare disorder that causes the connective tissue in the body to be weaker than it should...