Autism spectrum disorders are complex neurodevelopmental conditions affecting about 1 in 100 children worldwide. Early diagnosis would allow timely intervention to improve the development and quality ...

During and following congenital heart surgery, children who reside in nonmetro areas have increased risk of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality.

Scientists from QIMR Berghofer's Cardiac Bioengineering Lab have developed lab-grown, three-dimensional heart tissues known ...

Optimal heart health from birth through adolescence, as measured by a combination of metrics, leads to long-lasting cardiovascular and overall physical, cognitive and mental health, according to the ...

Congenital heart defects articles from across Nature Portfolio Congenital heart defects are abnormal structural conditions of the heart, and/or large blood vessels, that are present at birth.

Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart's walls, making it harder for the organ to pump blood - ...

Genetic changes can signal evidence of disease, but pinpointing which genes and what's changed can be difficult.

Optimal heart health from birth through adolescence, as measured by a combination of metrics, leads to long-lasting ...

This is the first time such results have been achieved in both children and adult patients born with a specific type of ...

Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...