Causes Of Congenital Heart Defects
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June 15, 2009
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Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily
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Inflammation: Pathophysiology, Disease and MS
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5 Heart Conditions Pregnancy May Affect
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Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot refers to four types of heart defects present at birth (congenital). Alternative Names TET; TOF Causes, incidence, and risk factors ... Read more »Transposition of the great vessels
Transposition of the great vessels is a congenital heart defect in which the 2 major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmonary artery -- are... Read more »Congenital heart disease
...American Heart Association, approximately 35,000 babies are born each year with some type of congenital heart defect. Congenital heart disease is responsible for more deaths in the first year of... Read more »Cyanotic heart disease
...(cyanosis). This bluish color is most often seen on the lips, fingers, and toes, or during exercise. Some heart defects cause major problems immediately after birth, and some cause few, if any,... Read more »Down syndrome
...and development is typical and most affected children never reach average adult height. Congenital heart defects are frequently present in Down syndrome children. Early mortality is often a... Read more »Images
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