When considering whether a child who has a single-ventricle heart defect would benefit more from biventricular repair or the Fontan procedure, heart specialists have lacked a key tool to guide them: ...

Some babies are born with a rare disorder in which only one of the lower chambers of their heart works properly. These single-ventricle defects (SVDs) can be managed through a complex series of ...

Asst. Prof. Zhenglun “Alan” Wei of the Department of Biomedical Engineering is leading a team of researchers working to develop computer programs to help doctors treat newborns, infants and toddlers ...

Under a complete national abortion ban, the incidence of neonatal single-ventricle cardiac defects would likely increase, as would the associated resource utilization, according to a decision analysis ...

An 18-month-old girl with a single ventricle heart defect, a rare congenital condition in which only one chamber of the heart performs the pumping function that two chambers would normally share, was ...

Children born with single‑ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life. A new study shows the challenges for these children ...

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 ...

Dr. Sitaram Emani: Traditionally single ventricle heart defects were treated by making that single good ventricle pump blood to the body and allow the blood that's returning from the body to basically ...

Having a wish granted can be a crucial turning point for children fighting critical illnesses. Local 4-year-old, Logan Poore of northern Kentucky, has several heart defects and has undergone four open ...

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