A groundbreaking study has shown that pig hearts could keep critically ill babies alive while they wait for a transplant.

A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation.  The study was led by John ...

Ochsner Children’s Hospital in New Orleans has established itself as one of the best pediatric heart centers in the nation, ...

Despite this, fewer than 100 pediatric heart transplants are conducted each year nationwide, underscoring the unresolved challenges in pediatric heart failure treatment. "Such a micro pump can ...

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Blood pressure and heart rate (pulse) are two important vital signs measured during a healthcare visit. Blood pressure (BP) is a measure of the force of blood on the blood vessel walls. Blood vessels ...

It’s incredibly reassuring for them to know they’re not alone," said Dr. Ginnie Abarbanell, Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at University Health’s Pediatric Heart Center.

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Home with one child, at the hospital with another, and trading off on the weekends to stay afloat as they waited for a pediatric heart transplant. Then, in August, they got the call they had been ...

In a significant advancement for pediatric heart care, Northwestern University researchers have engineered a pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice, specifically designed for newborns facing ...

Dr. Andrew Geneslaw is a pediatrician and director of the training program in pediatric critical care ... whose programs in vascular biology, heart disease, and designing AI systems for patient ...