Almost one out of 100 babies are born with a heart defect each year in the United States. Many of these babies will need surgery within weeks of birth, followed by more surgeries throughout their ...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart does not fully develop. This restricts the pumping of oxygenated blood around the body. One ...

Lomecel-B is delivered via intramyocardial injection. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to Lomecel-B ™, an investigational allogeneic, bone marrow-derived ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reported long-term clinical outcomes for the largest single center cohort of individuals who underwent complex reconstructive surgery for ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reported long-term clinical outcomes for the largest single center cohort of individuals who ...

Sometimes a baby is born with certain types of congenital heart problems. In these cases, a type of open heart surgery called the Fontan procedure is done as the final part of a series of surgeries ...

MIAMI, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Longeveron Inc. (NASDAQ: LGVN) ("Longeveron" or "Company"), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing regenerative medicines for unmet medical needs, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KTRK) -- A Corpus Christi family is going through a big battle. Soon, the mother will be traveling to Houston to give birth to her son who, right now, only has half his heart.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Corpus Christi baby born with half of a heart here in Houston has passed away. ABC13 first told you about Alexis Rivera, who moved to Houston temporarily to have her baby at ...

Juan and Alexis Rivera of Ingleside, Texas shared that their son had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital defect in which a part of the infant’s heart is underdeveloped A Texas couple is ...