1. Fetal Surgery May Treat Heart Defect - US News and World Report
Researchers see some success in alleviating hypoplastic left heart syndrome

2. Urinary Tract Infection May Raise Birth Defect Risk
More cases of a heart anomaly in babies born to infected women, study found

3. Makenna and Her Transformed Heart: No Slowing Her Down - US News and World Report
After three surgeries in four years, Makenna and her redesigned pump are ready for anything.

4. Makenna's HeartNot Long Ago, This Little Girl Would Have Died. Texas Children's Hospital Made a ...
It is a steamy summer afternoon in Houston, where 4-year-old Makenna Franks has been in open-heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital for more than five hours. All went well. Now the groggy little girl is wheeled into the cardiovascular intensive-...

5. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome occurs when parts of the left side of the heart (mitral valve, left ventricle aortic valve, and aorta) do not develop completely. The condition is congenital (present at birth. • Reviewer: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.; and Mark A Fogel, MD, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Director of Cardiac MR, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

6. Congenital heart disease  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Congenital means present at birth.• Reviewer: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.; and Mark A Fogel, MD, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Director of Cardiac MR, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.