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SMT Celebrates 20 Years of the Cocoon Occluder Journey, Transforming Lives
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 11: Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects, affecting approximately 1% of live births globally and accounting for more than 4.18 million cases in children under five1. Despite advances in medical care, CHD continues to be
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Delhi: New-born undergoes major heart surgery using advance technology
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Doctors at Private Hospital in Delhi successfully conducted a complex and challenging heart surgery to save the life of a one-day-old new-born, who was suffering from Transposition of the Great Arteries - a rare, life-threatening heart defect that occurs when the main arteries originating fr
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CHD Awareness Week: Join the Fight to Save Lives and Raise Awareness
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9: Genesis Foundation is one of the largest NGOs that facilitates the medical treatment of underprivileged children suffering from a congenital heart defect. The Foundation has also been striving to build awareness about the condition at the grassroot level to ens
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Delhi: Army Hospital performs non-surgical transcatheter implantation of c
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The girl weighed just 28 Kg and is the youngest and smallest child in the country to have undergone this non-surgical valve implantation, particularly in the government sector.
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Genesis Foundation and Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Palwal Unite to
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21: Genesis Foundation one of the leading NGOs that supports the treatment of underprivileged children born with congenital heart defects is pleased to announce a pivotal partnership with Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Palwal. Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospita
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Brigham researchers' AI model could aid in screening for heart defects
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The AI model outperformed standard methods in detecting atrial septal defect (ASD) signals in electrocardiograms (ECG). The researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, and Keio University in Japan created a deep-learning ar
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New genes found that contribute to deadly heart defect: Study
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Researchers have discovered new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening cardiac condition that occurs in neonates, by identifying genes in patients and studying their effects in fruit flies.
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Screening Camp in Srinagar Identifies Critical Congenital Heart Defects in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27: On Saturday, June 24th, a screening camp was organised for children with Congenital Heart Defects in Srinagar, Kashmir by Rotary Club Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir Rotary district 3070, Genesis Foundation and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center
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Study finds how photon-counting CT offers superior imaging in babies with
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a study, a new advanced form of CT imaging called photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) offers better cardiovascular imaging quality at a similar radiation dose compared to dual-source CT (DSCT) in infants with suspected cardiac heart defects.
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Genesis Foundation and Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd sup
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): On March 28th Genesis Foundation with the support of its CSR Partner Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd. (ACRE) announced the successful treatment of an 8-days old baby girl born with an Interrupted Aortic Arch A-P window, a critical co
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On World Birth Defects Day, WHO reaffirms commitment to prevent, control b
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down syndrome, but there
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Genesis Foundation supporting children with Congenital Heart Defects: one
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Each year in India, more than 200,000 children are born with a defect in their hearts. Out of these approximately 70,000 are critical defects meaning that these children need medical intervention within the first year of their life to survive.
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