Recent Posts from 2015

A congenital heart defect (CHD) - the most common birth defect - occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop normally before birth. The American Heart Association reports that nine of every 1,000 babies born in the United States ...

More than 1 million people in the nation have heart attacks each year, according to the US Department of Health and Senior Services. A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when one or more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe or prolonged ...

Cardiac surgery in the U.S. is undergoing sweeping change. While heart-health education campaigns and the use of statin medications to lower cholesterol have helped to reduce the total annual number of coronary artery bypass procedures, the incidence of ...

Barnabas Health Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in the United States. Advances in medical technology and cardiac surgery over the last two decades have given infants born with heart defects ...

Barnabas Health Heart Center’s Expertise Is World-Renowned New Jersey is famous for its tomatoes, beautiful shore and diverse population, but did you know that the Garden State is also home to the largest adult heart transplant center on the East Coast — ...