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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2],Atif Mohammad, M.D., Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [3]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]
Overview
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting one in every 125 live births. More children die each year from congenital heart disease tahn from all forms of pediatric cancers combined.
Epidemiology
Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. It affects approximately one in every 125 babies born (March of Dimes)[5].
According to the Children's Heart Foundation, 40,000 people are born each year with a congenital heart disease. Approximately 4,000 out of the 40,000 did not survive through the first year of life. Twice as many children die each year from congenital heart disease than from all forms of pediatric cancers combined.
The eight most common congenital heart defects account for 80% of all congenital heart diseases, while the remaining 20% consist of many independently infrequent conditions or combinations of several defects.
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is generally considered to be the most common type of malformation, accounting for about 1/3 of all congenital heart defects. The incidence is higher when a parent or a sibling has a heart defect (4–5%), in stillborns (3–4%), abortuses (10–25%), and premature infants (2%). The number of adults with problems connected to a congenital heart defect is rising, passing the number of children with congenital heart defects in most Western countries. This group is referred to as grown-up congenital heart disease (GUCH) patients.