As you prepare for the arrival of your new baby, there's likely one item on the top of your wish list: optimal health for you and your newborn. A new study in the American Heart Association's ...

You may feel your heart beating faster than normal during early pregnancy, which can be worrisome. However, it is just a ...

Heart-related health problems might affect as many as 1 in 7 pregnancies, even among women without any prior heart disease, ...

For the first time, fetal medicine experts have performed prenatal heart surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor, called intrapericardial teratoma. The patient, who underwent the operation at 24 ...

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has shown that prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is associated with earlier surgery for babies with congenital ...

A study has shown that prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is associated with earlier surgery for babies with congenital heart defects, the most common birth defects affecting ...

Statistics show more babies are born in August and September than any other time of the year. That means a lot of future parents will soon learn they’re expecting. The American Heart Association says ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition ...

Pregnancy brings significant circulatory changes, often causing blood pressure dips, especially in early trimesters. While ...

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has shown that prenatal diagnosis, or diagnosis before a baby is born, is associated with earlier surgery for babies with congenital ...