Pediatric Cardiology News

Maintaining healthful behaviors may be key to improving the trajectory of heart health from early adolescence into adulthood, according to study findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

The AAP published updated recommendations for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease with a new algorithm it said could catch more infants than the previous one.

Among adults with osteoporosis on dialysis, use of denosumab significantly lowered fracture risk compared with bisphosphonate use, but cardiovascular risk was increased, according to study data.

Adequate sleep was associated with a significantly reduced risk for hypertension among adolescents, independent of environmental noise exposure, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced the FDA has approved an expanded indication and granted premarket approval for its heart pumps to be used to treat pediatric patients with symptomatic acute decompensated HF and cardiogenic shock.

An AI model may help identify children at higher risk for developing hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism, according to a presenter at AIMed24 Annual Meeting.

AI saves time for pediatric cardiac ICU clinicians by identifying patients who need more attention, according to a presenter at the AIMed24 Annual Meeting.

In a cohort of English youths, those who persisted smoking tobacco from childhood to early adulthood showed significant cardiac damage by age 24 years and potentially irreversible cardiac injury, a researcher reported.

Children with normal blood pressure may not need BP screenings as often as current recommendations call for, according to a longitudinal study published in JAMA Pediatrics.