16 Million People, One Underserved Disease: The AI Imaging Push to Close the Congenital Heart Gap

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16 Million People, One Underserved Disease: The AI Imaging Push to Close the Congenital Heart Gap /* Style Definitions */ span.prnews_span { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } a.prnews_a { color:blue; } li.prnews_li { font-size:8pt; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; } p.prnews_p { font-size:0.62em; font-family:"Arial"; color:black; margin:0in; } Canada NewsWire Issued on behalf of Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.As the number of people living with congenital heart disease climbs and most patients in poorer regions go without timely care, a Toronto-based AI imaging company is joining a new global alliance built to close that gap.TORONTO, ON, June 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- Equity Insider News Commentary — Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in the world, and the population living with it is growing, not shrinking. According to the World Heart Federation's World Heart Report 2026, congenital heart disease now affects roughly 2% of live births globally, and the number of people living with the condition has climbed to an estimated 16 million worldwide — up from 11.8 million three decades ago. Yet the same report found that more than 90% of children in lower- and middle-income countries lack timely access to congenital heart disease care. It is a paradox at the heart of modern medicine: better treatment is keeping more patients alive and aging into adulthood, even as access to the diagnostics and monitoring they need remains deeply unequal. Companies mentioned: Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (TSXV: VPT) (OTCQB: VPTDF), HeartFlow, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTFL), Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY), Tempus AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEM), iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRTC)Into that gap steps a coordinated industry response — and a company positioning its technology at the center of it. On June 15, 2026, Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (TSXV: VPT) (OTCQB: VPTDF), a pioneer in advanced AI-assisted cardiac imaging, announced its support for the newly forming Global Congenital Heart Disease Alliance (GCHDA), an industry alliance dedicated to accelerating the development, commercialization, and global adoption of congenital cardiovascular technologies. As part of its initial efforts, the alliance said it would help fund and place four of Ventripoint's VMS+™ cardiac imaging units to directly support the congenital heart disease comm...

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