To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 13, 2009 — Introducing pulse oximetry screening before discharge improves detection of duct-dependent circulation in congenital heart ...

Thangaratinam and colleagues aimed to shed light on the potential predictive value of using pulse oximetry to screen for significant cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) in newborn infants. One ...

The journey of a child born with congenital heart disease does not end after surgery; it continues throughout life. Early diagnosis through newborn screening, combined with the foresight of stem cell ...

Resistance to CCHD screening has also been observed among clinicians in the United States. In a 2009 survey of 363 pediatric cardiologists, 42% reported that current practice is inadequate for ...

When a critically ill baby with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) was transferred to Children's Hospital Los Angeles last year—just hours after birth—the Heart Institute team saw ...