Though its often harmless, the condition called PFO can be life-threatening. Learn about patent foramen ovale.

Although the cause of death of prominent actress Catherine O’Hara — Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, and Home Alone — is still ...

Catherine O'Hara's heart and organs were a mirror image of most people's. Though that is rare, congenital heart defects are fairly common.

The actress was born with her heart on the right side of her chest, not the left. It’s not known if this condition has any ...

During the Virtual Happy Hour, O’Hara said she learned about the condition more than 20 years ago. Situs inversus affects ...

A research team at the University of California San Diego has discovered a novel and promising method of treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), a rare inherited heart disease that can strike ...

A 10-year-old superfan of Indiana football is headed to the national championship game. The Hoosiers, including Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza, put together the news in a ...

A 10-year-old Indiana football fan with a rare heart defect was surprised with tickets to the Rose Bowl. Drew Shouse was connected with the Hoosiers football team through the nonprofit organization ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When Chelsea and Paul Lamb lost their son Miles, who was born with a rare congenital heart defect (CHD), they were left navigating grief— and challenges they said many families ...

Obstetricians at Mount Sinai were the first in New York City to use an artificial intelligence tool that can lead to early detection of congenital heart defects in fetuses. Doctors in the Raquel and ...

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (right), is a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior author of the study that found that babies who did not respond to increased oxygen and ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Sayre Freshman who survived life-saving heart surgery as a newborn is now leading her school's participation in the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge ...