Search Tag: congenital heart disease
2022 12 Apr
According to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the Journal of the American Heart Association , medical and surgical treatments have improved and survival but disparities driven by social determinants of health (SDOH) limit access to the lifelong specialty care needed by people with congenital heart disease. The...Read more
2019 10 Apr
A new study shows that incorporating modern deep machine learning networks into prognostic models is feasible in congenital heart disease. The researchers used data from over 10 000 patients and 44,000 medical reports available at a tertiary centre for congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension and combined this information with demographic,...Read more
2017 06 Dec
EuroEcho-Imaging is the annual meeting of the EACVI, representing members around the world with an interest in all modalities of cardiovascular imaging. The EACVI's mission is "to promote excellence in clinical diagnosis, research, technical development, and education in cardiovascular imaging in Europe." Find European Society...Read more
2017 16 Jan
PICS~AICS 2017 will be at Loews Miami Beach on January 16-19, 2017. This year we are fully committed to ensuring the meeting maintains its clinical focus with addition of taped cases to sessions on both congenital and structural heart disease, as well as live case demonstrations from around the globe.Read more
2015 06 Jul
A team of cardiologists at UCLA used a minimally invasive approach to replace a heart valve of a patient whose unique heart anatomy made conventional open-heart surgery too risky. The team printed a 3-D model of Richard Whitaker’s heart to determine whether a replacement valve would align and fit with his unusually large pulmonary arteries. ...Read more