Congenital Heart Defects are defects and/or disease in the heart present at birth. Although defect and disease are used interchangeably the term defect seems to be more accurate as the heart ailment is an abnormality. A defect occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart don't develop normally before birth.
Some common defects include*
- Aortic Valve Stenosis
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA)
- Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect (CAVC)
- Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
- Ebstein's Anomaly
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Single Ventricle Defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Trucus Arteriosus
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Did You Know?
- 1 in 100 babies are born with a CHD
- More babies with CHD die each year than from all forms of childhood cancers combined
- CHDs are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths in babies younger than 1 year old
- More than half of children with CHDs will need at least one invasive surgery in their life
- CHDers need lifelong care from pediatric and congenital heart cardiologists
- Come CHDs are not diagnosed until adulthood
*This is not a full list of heart defects.
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