When considering whether a child who has a single-ventricle heart defect would benefit more from biventricular repair or the Fontan procedure, heart specialists have lacked a key tool to guide them: ...

Dr Julian Alexander Härtel and Dr Nicole Müller from the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the UKB, who jointly led the study, with study nurse and coordinator Ute Baur. The researchers conducted ...

A newly published, post-hoc analysis of the landmark FUEL (Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal) Trial demonstrates that udenafil, a PDE5 inhibitor, significantly improves peak oxygen consumption ...

A multi-center study has identified critical risk factors that increase the likelihood of death in children with a heart defect who are awaiting or have recently undergone heart transplantation, ...

CHICAGO -- Each child had already undergone at least three open-heart surgeries. They'd endured countless hours in doctors' offices and hospitals after being born with a serious heart condition. But ...