Prevention Of Congenital Heart Disease
Health Encyclopedia: Congenital Heart Disease
Symptoms depend on the specific condition.
Signs and tests
Diagnostic tests depend on the specific condition.
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Expert & Community Posts
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 »
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 »
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 »
Health Guide
Congenital heart disease
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,... 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 »Congenital heart disease
...pregnancy increase the risk of heart defects. There may be some hereditary factors that play a role in congenital heart disease. It is rare but not impossible for more than one child in a family... Read more »Mitral regurgitation: chronic
...prevent rheumatic fever. Treat other causative disorders. Note any history of heart valve disease or congenital heart disease before treatment by a health care provider or dentist. Any dental... Read more »Tricuspid regurgitation
...insufficiency Prevention Discuss any history of heart valve disease or any family history of congenital heart diseases before treatment by a health care provider or dentist. Any... Read more »Images
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Kids With Heart Disease: Behavior Issues
April 14, 2008By Meghan Yost, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Each year in the United States, more than 10,000 newborns have congenital... Read summary »
Study: Folic acid cuts newborns' heart risks
October 03, 2008Women 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 »
Experts Take Step Toward National Heart Disease Surveillance
April 06, 2009By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has started... Read summary »
Good Heart Disease News
January 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Good news: not only has the rate of heart disease deaths decreased, but the severity of first heart attacks has dropped as... Read summary »
Heart Failure: A Growing Epidemic
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seniors are being treated for heart failure at alarming rates. A new study warns rates are now at epidemic proportions. "The... Read summary »
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