Professional societies agreed that U.S. centers performing pediatric and congenital heart surgery should be formally reorganized into two tiers with volume requirements designed to maintain surgical ...

When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, doctors performed open heart surgery on Luciano in the first successful ...

After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than two dozen children in Bolivia have a new lease on life following a medical mission trip performed by an Austin-based nonprofit. Since 2000, the nonprofit HeartGift has served ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dell Children’s Medical Center announced Monday it had successfully performed a partial heart transplant on an 11-month-old boy, marking the first of its kind in Texas and the seventh ...

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- When a child undergoes an operation of any sort, it can be a traumatic experience for the entire family. A new piece of medical technology at Valley Children's Hospital is ...

Children's National presents proof-of-concept design for miniature pacemakers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018 At 2:15 p.m. C.T. on Sunday, Nov. 11, Rohan Kumthekar, M.D., ...