Leah Smith tells PEOPLE how she was born with complex congenital heart defects and told she wouldn't live long.

"We took her to the urgent care, where they did a strep test and sent her home," Katie Landfried said. "Then her voice ...

The Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, says it has successfully performed a complex open-heart surgery on a five-year-old boy who was born with a life-threatening congenital heart condition known ...

Only in rare cases is the genetic trigger inherited. The syndrome affects males and females at equal rates, as well as people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Approximately 10,000 to ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect ...

Life expectancy and quality of life for those born with congenital heart disease (CHD ... has been documented in patients with CHD with renal dysfunction, restrictive lung disease, anemia, and ...

Heart disease is a term used to describe ... Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in newborns. Am Fam Physician. 2019;99(7):421-422. National Organization for Rare Disorders.

It is a rare condition ... may develop as a result of congenital heart defects, which are present at birth. It can also be inherited from family. Persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns is often ...

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes ... Affected populations: FOP is an extremely rare disease that is estimated to affect around ...

After needle thoracentesis is performed on the left side (Panel C), the left pneumothorax has decreased in size, and inflation of the left lung ... is rare. In addition, patients with congenital ...

Patients were excluded if they had any of the following: known congenital lung disease; mental or cognitive impairment; use of other new anti-tumor drugs; severe comorbidities such as severe ...

Amgen is discontinuing a lung disease program after its investigational ... patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, a rare disease that can cause fibrosis in large areas of the body.