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What is Congenital heart defects?

What is Congenital heart defects?

• Congenital heart defects: Heart defects that a baby is born with.

Congenital heart defects: Introduction

Types of Congenital heart defects:

Types of Congenital heart defects:

• Blue baby
• Patent ductus arteriosus
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Broader types of Congenital heart defects:

• Congenital malformations
• Heart conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Congenital heart defects?

Prevalance of Congenital heart defects: 1 million (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate of Congenital heart defects: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Congenital heart defects: about 1 in 120 babies
Incidence Rate of Congenital heart defects: approx 1 in 8,159 or 0.01% or 33,333 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Congenital heart defects?

Deaths for Congenital heart defects: 3,551 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

What causes Congenital heart defects?

Causes of Congenital heart defects: see causes of Congenital heart defects
Risk factors for Congenital heart defects: see risk factors for Congenital heart defects

What are the symptoms of Congenital heart defects?

Symptoms of Congenital heart defects: see symptoms of Congenital heart defects

Congenital heart defects: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Congenital heart defects.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Congenital heart defects.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Congenital heart defects: see treatments for Congenital heart defects
Research for Congenital heart defects: see research for Congenital heart defects

Society issues for Congenital heart defects

Hospitalizations for Congenital heart defects: 38,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Hospitalization statistics for Congenital heart defects: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Congenital heart defects:

• 0.014% (1,775) of hospital consultant episodes were for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 70% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 19% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 9.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connected tissue in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Physician office visits for Congenital heart defects: 375,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Organs Affected by Congenital heart defects:

Organs and body systems related to Congenital heart defects include:

• Heart

Name and Aliases of Congenital heart defects

Main name of condition: Congenital heart defects

Class of Condition for Congenital heart defects: congen.defect

Other names or spellings for Congenital heart defects:

CHD

CHD, Cardiac malformation, Congenital heart disease Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Congenital heart defects:

• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transposition of the great vessels
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Ventricular septal defect

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