More articles about: Diagnosis of Heart Condition
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Community group looks to improve sudden cardiac arrest response
A group of survivors, physicians and first responders want to change attitudes around CPR and improve the “chain of survival” for cardiac arrest.
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A Seemingly Healthy Baby with a Failing Heart
Baby Gus appeared healthy, but further investigation revealed a congenital heart defect.
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Tracking Long-Term Outcomes of Children Who Undergo Complex Heart Surgery
At the American Heart Association scientific sessions, researchers present data on risks for children who have had complex heart surgery for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
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How Complex Heart Disease Impacts Children’s Development, Quality of Life, Over Time
Babies with congenital heart disease who undergo heart surgery in their first year of life are at high risk for neurodevelopmental delays that affect behavioral and cognitive abilities.
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Rare, COVID-Related Inflammatory Disease Affecting Children
A rare and potentially fatal COVID-related disease is affecting some kids. A children's health expert discusses what is being called multi-system inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C.
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How to Know If You're Having a Heart Attack
Are you having a heart attack? Signs and symptoms to look out for explained by a Michigan Medicine expert.
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Family Travels from L.A. to Ann Arbor for Baby’s Life Saving Heart Surgery
When Rosie’s parents Allison and Leanne Mertzman learned that she would need open heart surgery at just 13 days old, they moved across the country to give Rosie the best care possible.
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Fetal Intervention Saves Ryleigh’s Heart
After a fetal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with restrictive or intact atrial septum (HLHS-IAS), surgery in utero saved Ryleigh Ostrander’s heart.
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10 Heart Tests Your Doctor Might Order, and What They Mean
What to know about the different heart tests your doctor recommends.
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Critical Pediatric Heart Deaths Drop by 24% at Hospitals With Cardiac ICUs
Critical pediatric heart deaths drop by 24 percent at hospitals in collaborative consortium.
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Reducing Cardiac Arrests Among Pediatric Heart Patients
Pediatric cardiologists discuss ways to reduce cardiac arrests in the ICU for children with heart conditions.
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Speeding Up Recovery for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
Pediatric cardiologists explore ways to remove chest tubes earlier for children after heart surgery.
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Breaking Down Barriers in the Fight Against Congenital Heart Disease
Doctors at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital create the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium for congenital heart research.
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Targeting Inflammation to Better Understand Dangerous Blood Clots
Forty percent of people who develop venous thromboembolism don’t know what caused it. New research in mice further explores inflammation’s role.
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Little Victor from Ohio Celebrates ‘Dual Loyalties’ Before the Big Game
After their baby’s successful open-heart surgery at the University of Michigan, a family of longtime Buckeyes are glad to champion the Wolverines, too.