Philadelphia, PA - Using a strategy that takes the classic "house-call" to new extremes, a traveling medical team made up of cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses is bringing a ...

The Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) has successfully performed five closed-heart surgeries - free of charge — to correct Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), a congenital heart defect. Every year, UHI ...

The ductus arteriosus is a normal vessel in the fetus that connects the pulmonary artery and the aorta. It allows the fetal blood flow to bypass the lungs, which are not used in utero. The ductus ...

Pediatric experts from Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will present lectures, posters, abstracts and hands-on workshops. Pediatric experts from Le ...