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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

Epidemiology

• Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. It affects approximately one in every 125 babies born(March of Dimes)[3].

• Forty thousand people are born each year with a CHD; out of them 4,000 did not survive their first year of life(The Children's Heart Foundation).

• Twice as many children die each year from a congenital heart disease than all forms of Pediatric Cancers combined (The Children's Heart Foundation).

• 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.

• Twice as many children die from a congenital heart diseases than from all forms of pediatric cancers combined.

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http://www.marchofdimes.com/Baby/birthdefects_congenitalheart.html

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