As Eric and Cristina Conklin prepared to welcomed their first child, they learned that their son had a congenital heart defect that would need immediate treatment after his birth When Bennett was born ...

A major heart attack can change the rest of your life. Even when doctors clear a clogged artery in time, your heart may still struggle to bounce back. Damaged muscle often turns into stiff scar tissue ...

A little Queensland girl was back to her “firecracker” self within days after doctors performed a revolutionary heart surgery ...

What started as a racing heart from her first slow dance with a boy lingered long after the music stopped. By morning, the ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.

DETROIT (WXYZ) — At three years old, Ariella Cuadrado, better known as Ari, has been through more than most kids her age. “Ari was born with Down syndrome. About ...

At eight years old, I had my third open-heart surgery — this time, to “tune up” my Fontan and implant my first pacemaker.

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...

ELKHORN, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A teenager returned to his high school’s football field in Nebraska for the first time since undergoing open-heart surgery. When Jack Burke first lined up at his ...