Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with a significantly higher risk for epilepsy.

SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...

A young girl from Niskayuna, born with seven heart defects, is preparing for another surgery this year. Her family is ...

Among these, a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD, a hole in the wall separating the heart's lower chambers, accounts for about 20 percent of all congenital cardiac defects. A VSD is a gap in the ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for open heart surgeries to almost P1 million and also launched a new benefit package for heart valve repair and ...

An 11-month-old baby born with a life-threatening hole in his heart was saved by a cutting-edge hybrid procedure performed at ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has expanded its Z Benefits Package for open-heart surgeries and introduced a new heart valve repair and replacement package, enhancing ...

These four parts together cause her heart to need a surgical repair. One big part is what we call a VSD, a hole in the bottom part of the heart. The second big part is pulmonary stenosis ...