Congenital Heart Defects (Congenital Heart Diseases)
defects are problems with the heart‘s structure that are present at birth.
Congenital Heart Defects (Congenital Heart Diseases)
(kon-JEN-ih-tal) defects are problems with the heart’s structure that are present at birth. These defects can involve:
The interior walls of the The valves inside the The and that carry to the or the bodydefects change the normal flow of through the heart.
There are many types of defects. They range from simple defects with no symptoms to complex defects with severe, life-threatening symptoms.
defects are the most common type of birth defect. They affect 8 out of every 1,000 newborns. Each year, more than 35,000 babies in the United States are born with congenital heart defects.
Many of these defects are simple conditions. They need no or are easily fixed. Some babies are born with complex defects. These defects require special medical care soon after…