Congenital heart disease refers to heart defects present at birth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1% of US infants, or about 40,000 children each year, are born ...

In the United States, about 40,000 newborns a year have a heart defect. That’s about 1 in 100 babies, according to Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Chief Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery at ...

About 1 in 4 babies born with a heart defect have a critical congenital heart defect, which means they may need surgery or other procedures throughout early life.. Typically, fetal ...

Babies conceived via assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization, have a 36% higher risk of developing a major heart defect than children conceived naturally, a new study finds.

More than 90% of babies born with heart defects survive into adulthood. As a result, there are now more adults living with congenital heart disease than children. These adults have a chronic ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in every 100 babies has a congenital heart defect, which means they're born with a structural problem in their hearts.

The hearts and brains of babies born with congenital heart disease are not the only organs affected by this common medical condition. Surprisingly, their kidneys tend to be enlarged at birth, says ...

A congenital heart defect can affect your health — and potentially the health of your baby — during pregnancy. But the presence of a congenital heart defect doesn’t necessarily mean you ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 percent of children, about 40,000 babies, are born with congenital heart defects a year in the U.S., ranging from simple conditions ...

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ;In Uganda, approximately 1.6 million babies are born every year, and 1% of them — about 16,000 babies — are born with heart defects annually. Violet Nabatanzi spoke ...

Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, ... In the U.S., about 12 in every 1,000 births involve a congenital heart defect, ...