Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health ...

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 ...

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...

A broad new analysis of Colorado insurance data suggests national estimates may be severely undercounting children born with heart defects, and at least half of them have other genetic disorders and ...

ST. LOUIS — Losing a child is every parent’s worst fear, but after losing their daughter at a young age a St. Peters family is using their story to try and raise awareness of Congenital Heart Defects.

“Structural heart disease” is an umbrella term that refers to conditions that affect different structures within the heart. Some of these problems can be present at birth, while others develop later ...

Lauren Cinnamon was born with a congenital heart defect and suffered a stroke as an infant, just weeks after her first ...

TV presenter Emma Willis has opened up about undergoing heart surgery after doctors discovered a hole in her heart that had gone undetected for her entire life. Willis, 49, recalled her “panic” after ...