According to the American Heart Association at Heart.org Congenital mean it was existing at the time of birth. Defect is an abnormality that occurs in the heart during development in the womb either with the heart itself or with the blood vessels around the heart. There are many different types of heard defects that could occur. a few are...
- Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS)
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA)
- Complete Atrioventricular Canal defect (CAVC)
- d-Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Ebstein's Anomaly
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- I-Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Single Ventricle Defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
CHD is the most common birth defect that effects 1 out of 100 babies born. That can mean up to 40,000 babies born in 1 year will have a congenital heart defect. CHD is the cause of on third of all birth defect related deaths in infants. sadly 20% of babies born with a CHD wont make it past their first birthday. (Childrens Heart Foundation)
This is one of the many reasons why I help to try and spread awareness about CHD. There has been wonderful medical advances to help CHD's; whether its detecting them, surgical operations to try and correct the defect and many more.
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