Faith Street was born with rare congenital heart disease, but now she volunteers during McHappy Days and is a SickKids ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth defect. As medical care and treatment have advanced, babies with a CHD are living longer and healthier lives. About 1 in 4 babies born ...

If left untreated, Afib can lead to stroke, heart failure and premature cardiac death. But fortunately, Afib is treatable and, in some cases, preventable.

Montrealer Émile Beauchamp was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a combination of four defects that make the level of oxygen in ...

February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about heart disease and how we can protect our hearts.

Heart disease is a term used ... A problem with the rhythm or rate of your heartbeat, which usually occurs due to a change in heart tissue or a malfunction in the electrical system of the heart. When ...

Bradycardia is a condition characterized by a slower than normal heart rate. While a normal adult heart beats between 60 and 100 times per minute, bradycardia is defined when heart rate falls below 60 ...

It may feel like your heart’s rhythm is off, that it’s skipping beats or beating too hard or too fast. This feeling can come at any time: when you’re active, sitting still, or lying down.

A heart rate of fewer than 60 beats ... for heart disease and high blood pressure, may lower heart rate. Beta-blockers or calcium channel blockers, which doctors prescribe for a rapid heart ...

Most of the muscular dystrophies are a form of inherited disease called ... sugar into energy. Heart monitoring. An electrocardiogram may be done to check for an abnormal heartbeat.