Blood shunts are fixed-diameter tubes, commonly used in heart reconstruction surgeries, including for the treatment of congenital cardiovascular defects. For children born with severe heart defects, ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are among the top eight causes of infant mortality worldwide. Annually, CHDs affect around 40,000 infants in the United States, with approximately one in four having a ...

Patients with heart failure who had a small shunt inserted between the heart's left and right atria did not see any significant benefits overall compared with those who received a placebo procedure ...