The general characteristics of children with ECD and controls are presented in Table 1. The distributions of age, gender, ethnicity, and family history of congenital heart disease were comparable ...

Children with specific types of heart birth defects who are under 3 or who've had cardiac surgery within the last six months may face an elevated risk of heart infection. Parents of children with ...

The potential therapeutic use of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) has gathered the attention of the scientific and medical communities recently. We report that in addition to their unique capacity to ...

Certain types of heart birth defects increase a child's risk for bacterial heart infections, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from more than 47,000 Canadian children born with heart ...