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Congenital Heart Disease Symptoms

Health Encyclopedia: Congenital Heart Disease

Definition

Congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Congenital means present at birth.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a broad term that can describe a number of different problems affecting the heart. According to the American Heart Association, approximately 35,000 babies are born each year with some type of congenital heart defect. Congenital hear...

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Expert & Community Posts

Inflammation: Pathophysiology, Disease and MS

By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...imposed upon a functioning heart. In contrast, Congenital Heart Disease is a birth defect... Read more »

Injectables Used for Erectile Dysfunction

By Jay Motola , Health Expert

...also has an indication for usage in patients with congenital heart disease. The drug is now... Read more »

Silent Heart Disease in Diabetes: “Why Don’t I Feel it?”

By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...or tobacco, has high cholesterol, is diabetic, has congenital heart disease or rheumatic fever... Read more »

Young People Going Uninsured: Beyond the "Invinceable Factor"

By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...children or older adults. More than 20,000 people with congenital heart disease reach their... Read more »

Avoiding endocarditis prophylaxis at your next dental appointment

By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...endocarditis.Cardiac transplant patients with valve disease.Congenital heart disease repaired... Read more »

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Health Guide

Congenital heart disease

Symptoms depend on the specific condition. Signs and tests Diagnostic tests depend on the specific condition. Read more »

Congenital heart disease

Treatment depends on the specific condition. Most congenital heart diseases require medications and surgery to repair the defect. Expectations (prognosis) How well a... Read more »

Short stature

...determining the cause. Common Causes Achondroplasia AIDS Chronic diseases such as congenital heart disease, kidney diseases, asthma, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia,... Read more »

Trisomy 18

...hernia Diastasis recti Cryptorchidism Crossed legs (preferred position) Congenital heart disease VSD (ventricular septal defect )ASD (atrial septal defect )PDA... Read more »

Infectious endocarditis

...nodes (Osler's nodes) in the pads of the fingers and toes Signs and tests A history of congenital heart disease raises the level of suspicion. A physical examination may show an... Read more »

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By Meghan Yost, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Each year in the United States, more than 10,000 newborns have congenital... Read summary »

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Women who increase their folic acid intake while pregnant may cut their baby's risk of being born with congenital heart disease. Canadian researchers... Read summary »

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