By Gitonga NjeruIn the heart of Athi River in Machakos County in Kenya, eight-year-old Anne Kuria’s life is a constant battle to breathe. Once vibrant and energetic, she is now weakened by a ...

New research highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic affected elective surgery in children with congenital heart disease ...

Covid-19 infection. Researchers found increased risks of hypertension, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The study ...

Cardiology experts from UCSF Health presented new research and clinical findings at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 74th Annual Scientific Session and Expo in Chicago, March 29-31.

“But, if you think about families who have children in heart failure who are waiting for a transplant in the hospital for potentially months, they have to travel into the city each day to see ...

Heart failure is linked with a decline in cognition when it is diagnosed, according to new data. Researchers evaluated the cognitive abilities of 29,614 adults over a median of 6.6 years ...

They might cause certain side effects such as headaches and fatigue. People with diabetes tend to develop heart disease or stroke at an earlier age than the general population. One reason for this ...

Moreover, a high resting heart rate can eventually compromise the heart muscle itself, increasing the risk of heart failure. While there are a number ... evaluation, and management of high blood ...

The groundbreaking procedure took place on Friday, March 28, at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, just weeks after the hospital was approved by the state to launch its pediatric heart transplant ...

performing a pediatric heart transplant. Photo courtesy Northwell Health. The procedure was performed on a child from Queens who came to the hospital in March with acute heart failure. He was ...

medical director of the Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplant program. "Timing is everything when it comes to Heart Transplantation and saving the lives of these critically ill children.

Cohen Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) performed its first pediatric heart transplant on March 28, just weeks after receiving approval from the state. The procedure was the first of its kind performed ...