News tagged with congenital heart
First genetic link between reptile and human heart evolution
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Heart defect likely killed 13th-century teen saint: study
A teenage saint whose 750-year-old mummified body lay for centuries in a church in central Italy probably died of a congenital heart defect, scientists said Thursday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Human cardiac master stem cells identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Missed diagnosis: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- An article published in the June issue of the journal Nature Reviews: Neuroscience provides one of the first comprehensive overviews of the genetic, neural and cognitive bases of a frequently undiagnosed congen ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Procedure replaces heart valve, avoids open-heart surgery
Veronica Smith, 26, is the first person in Arizona to receive a new pulmonary valve without having open-heart surgery. The procedure was performed in the University Medical Center Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Doctors treat adults' childhood heart defects
(PhysOrg.com) -- As director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease clinic at Stanford, Daniel Murphy, MD, performs a job unheard of a generation ago. He cares for grown-up patients with cardiac defects that ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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New insight into the regulation of stem cells and cancer cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Drug for erectile dysfunction improves heart function in young heart-disease patients
Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Ground-breaking study to improve quality of life and outcomes for kids born with heart defect
A trial on shunts used to direct blood flow to the lungs, led by researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, will lead to better outcomes for kids worldwide born with hypoplastic left heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2010 |
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In infant heart surgery, newer technique yields better survival in first year of life
Pediatric researchers report that a recently introduced surgical procedure offers infants with severely underdeveloped hearts a better chance at surviving during their first year of life, in comparison to the standard surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2010 |
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First common gene found for congenital heart disease
Although congenital heart disease represents the most common major birth defect, scientists have not previously identified the common variation in the genes that give rise to it. Now genetics and cardiology researchers, two ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development
A pregnant mother's diet may be able to interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Fuzzy thinking could spot heart disease risk
A new approach to evaluating a person's risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, high blood pressure, or heart failure is reported this month in the International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management. The techni ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Researchers shine light on congenital heart disease 'hot spots'
Using the Canadian Light Source synchrotron and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia has shed light on the ryanodine receptor, a structure within muscle ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Adult care for congenital heart disease patients should begin in adolescence
Doctors should transition their patients from pediatric to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence, experts recommend in a scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the Am ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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