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