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Heart Defects

4-year-olds with heart defects encourage others to donate blood

  • Jan 11, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel's 7-year-old son Billy undergoes third open-heart surgery

  • May 28, 2024

Austin boy's wish to become CTA operator comes true: 'All aboard!'

  • Apr 29, 2024

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals he had pacemaker surgery recently

  • Mar 29, 2024

West suburban high school football player dies from heart condition

  • Mar 9, 2024

Families share experiences with heart defects ahead of walk

  • May 26, 2023

Yorkville teen beats the odds, signs to play college baseball

  • Apr 13, 2023

Doctor paves the way for use of life-saving machine Berlin Heart

  • Feb 22, 2023

Latest Videos

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Families share experiences with heart defects ahead of walk

  • May 26, 2023
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Yorkville teen born with heart defect beats the odds, signs to play college baseball

  • Apr 13, 2023
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Milwaukee airport looking to return lost teddy bear given to kids born with congenital heart defects

  • Feb 8, 2022
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Crystal Lake father gets tattoo to match daughter's heart surgery scar

  • Feb 7, 2022
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Oakbrook Terrace nonprofit helps identify youth cardiac issues early on

  • Mar 5, 2020
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Saving Tiny Hearts Society

  • Feb 27, 2020
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Saving Tiny Hearts Society

  • Feb 19, 2020
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Crystal Lake siblings write, illustrate book to raise awareness of congenital heart defects

  • Dec 4, 2019

Latest Stories

What are cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure?

In light of Damar Hamlin's terrifying collapse during Monday Night Football, here's a breakdown of the difference between cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure.

  • Jan 3, 2023
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Alaska man was finally going to get heart transplant; winter storm meant heart went to someone else

An Alaska man said last week's winter storm that battered much of the U.S. and led to thousands of flight cancellations cost him the opportunity to get a heart transplant.

  • Dec 29, 2022

Viral post helps find owner of special teddy bear lost at Milwaukee airport

The airport plans to share more details about 'Teddy' as they coordinate to reunite him with his family.

  • Feb 11, 2022

Milwaukee airport looking to return lost teddy bear given to kids born with congenital heart defects

SPREAD THE WORD! This particular bear is extra special because it's given to children who are born with congenital heart defects.

  • Feb 8, 2022

Crystal Lake father gets tattoo to match daughter's surgical scar: 'He wanted to be special like me'

40,000 babies are born each year with congenital heart disease, the most common type of birth defect.

  • Feb 7, 2022