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Types of CHD and their Descriptions Congenital aortic stenosis occurs in 3 to 6 percent of all children with congenital heart defects. This defect is commonly associated with ventricular septal defect, pulmonic stenosis, heart block and an Ebstein-like malformation of the tricuspid valve. Sixty to 70 percent of the infants born with the defect are boys. www.congenitalheartdefects.com /typesofCHD.html   (7813 words)

Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Congenital disorders can be a result of genetic abnormalities, the intrauterine environment, a mixture of both, errors of morphogenesis, or unknown factors. Congenital malformations involving the brain are the largest group at 10 per 1000 live births, compared to heart at 8 per 1000, kidneys at 4 per 1000, and limbs at 1 per 1000. Congenital malformations of the heart have the highest risk of death in infancy, accounting for 28% of infant deaths due to birth defects, while chromosomal abnormalities and respiratory abnormalities each account for 15%, and brain malformations about 12%. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=congenital_defect   (1283 words)

Congenital Heart Defect | CarePages.com Born with Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome, Transposition of the Grand Arteries, Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Interrupted Aortic Arch, Atrium and ventricle septum defects and moderate valve leaks, Halle has had two open heart surgeries and is preparing for her third, the Fontan, this summer at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. More than 32,000 infants (one out of every 125 to 150) are born with heart defects each year in the United States. The defect may be so slight that the baby appears healthy for many years after birth, or so severe that its life is in immediate danger. www.carepages.com /stories-of-inspiration/congenital-heart-defects/halle-soi.jsp   (0 words)

Congenital heart defects: When your baby's born with a heart malformation - MayoClinic.com Examples of hole defects include ventricular septal defect, which is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles; atrial septal defect, a hole between the upper heart chambers; and patent ductus arteriosus (DUK-tus ahr-teer-e-O-sus), an opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta. For example, tetralogy of Fallot is a combination of four defects: a hole in the ventricular septum; a narrowed passage between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery; a shift in the connection of the aorta to the heart; and thickened muscle in the right ventricle. Congenital heart defects appear to run in families and are associated with many genetic syndromes. www.mayoclinic.com /health/congenital-heart-defects/CC00011   (1808 words)

Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Congenital means inborn or existing at birth. ; Among the terms you may hear are congenital heart defect, congenital heart disease and congenital cardiovascular disease. ; The word "defect" is more accurate than "disease." ; A congenital cardiovascular defect occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart don't develop normally before birth. Some congenital cardiovascular defects let blood flow between the heart's right and left chambers.  This happens when a baby is born with an opening between the wall (septum) that separates the right and left sides of the heart. This defect must be surgically repaired in early infancy.  The pulmonary veins are reconnected to the left atrium and the atrial septal defect is closed.  When surgical repair is done in early infancy, the long-term outlook is very good. www.americanheart.org /presenter.jhtml?identifier=4565   (2364 words)

What Are Congenital Heart Defects? Congenital (kon-JEN-i-tal) heart defects are problems with the heart’s structure that are present at birth. These defects can involve the interior walls of the heart, valves inside the heart, or the arteries and veins that carry blood to the heart or out to the body. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting 8 of every 1,000 newborns. www.nhlbi.nih.gov /health/dci/Diseases/chd/chd_what.html   (278 words)

Overview of Congenital heart disease, congenital heart defects - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Often, congenital heart defects are a result of one of these crucial steps not happening at the right time, leaving a hole where a dividing wall should have formed, or a single blood vessel where two ought to be, for example. These defects allow oxygen-rich blood that should be traveling to the body to re-circulate through the lungs, causing increased pressure and stress in the lungs. These defects are a result of underdeveloped chambers of the heart or blockages in blood vessels that prevent the proper amount of blood from traveling to the body to meet its needs. www.lpch.org /DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/chd.html   (1833 words)

Congenital Heart Defects - My Child Has - Children's Hospital Boston Often, congenital heart defects are a result of one of these crucial steps not happening at the right time, leaving a hole where a dividing wall should have formed, or a single blood vessel where two ought to be. Congenital heart defects can be classified into several categories according to the problems your child may experience. A new subspecialty within cardiology is emerging as the number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) is now greater than the number of babies born with CHD, as a result of the advances in diagnostic procedures and treatment interventions that have been made since 1945. www.childrenshospital.org /az/Site486/mainpageS486P0.html   (889 words)

Baby Hearts Press One of every 100 children born today will be born with some kind of congenital heart defect. One last way to help spread awareness of congenital heart defects (CHDs) is to purchase "The Heart of a Mother" as a gift to a hospital, clinic or library. Congenital Heart Defect Community Contact Information Here you will find other families listed, with the defect they are dealing with, and contact information. www.babyheartspress.com   (0 words)

People's Daily Online -- Nearly 1 million Chinese babies born annually with congenital defect At the opening ceremony for the 2006 publicity campaign for awareness about babies with a congenital defect, Yang Qing, Director of Healthcare for Women and Children and the Community Sanitation Bureau of the Ministry of Health, revealed that China has a high incidence of this problem. The number of babies born each year with a congenital defect is nearly one million in China, corresponding to an economic loss of billion yuan per year. According to statistics, nearly 30 million families across China have had a baby with a congenital defect, which represents almost 10 percent of families. english.people.com.cn /200609/27/eng20060927_306900.html   (164 words)

Congenital Malformations Registry - 1995 Annual Report Congenital hip dislocation A congenital defect in which the head of the femur does not articulate with the acetabulum of the pelvis because of an abnormal shallowness of the acetabulum. Hypospadias A congenital defect in which the urinary meatus (urinary outlet) is on the underside of the penis or on the perineum (area between the genitals and the anus). Reduction defects of the upper limbs The congenital absence of a portion of the upper limb. www.health.state.ny.us /diseases/congenital_malformations/1995/append5.htm   (2242 words)

Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart diseases are defects in the heart and major blood vessels that are present at birth and occur at various stages of fetal development. In this defect, there is a hole in the wall that separates either the atrial chambers of the heart or the ventricles at the level of the valves. This is a defect in which a single vessel does not divide to form the aorta and the artery that leads to the lungs in a developing fetus. www.csmc.edu /5640.html   (935 words)

OHSU Health - Congenital Heart Defects   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Most heart defects either cause an abnormal blood flow through the heart, or obstruct blood flow in the heart or vessels (obstructions are called stenoses and can occur in heart valves, arteries, or veins). Some congenital heart defects allow blood to flow between the right and left chambers of the heart because an infant is born with an opening in the septum wall that separates the right and left sides of the heart. Cyanotic defects are defects in which blood pumped to the body contains less-than-normal amounts of oxygen, resulting in a condition called cyanosis. www.ohsuhealth.com /htaz/cardiac/conditions_diseases/congenital_heart_defects.cfm   (480 words)

Congenital Heart Defects Congenital heart defects are abnormalities in the heart's structure that are present at birth. Congenital heart defects happen because of incomplete or abnormal development of the fetus' heart during the very early weeks of pregnancy. Because congenital defects often compromise the heart's ability to pump blood and to deliver oxygen to the tissues of the body, they often produce telltale signs in your child. www.kidshealth.org /parent/medical/heart/congenital_heart_defects.html   (1891 words)

Heart surgery for congenital defects Heart surgery for congenital defects is performed to repair a defect as much as possible and improve the flow of blood and oxygen to the body. After heart surgery for congenital defects, the patient goes to an intensive care ward where he or she is connected to a variety of tubes and monitors, including a ventilator. A congenital defect in which the temporary blood vessel connecting the left pulmonary artery to the aorta in the fetus doesn't close in the newborn. www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/heart_surgery_for_congenital_defects.jsp   (1520 words)

First Specific Link To Congenital Heart Defect Identified In the other case, the mutation was not detected in either parent both of whom had the normal number of chromosomes, indicating that the defect occurred either just after fertilization or was inherited from one of the parents. "Because of the drastically higher incidence of congenital heart disease in the DS population, we think their sensitivity as a result of having three copies of chromosome 21 might help us unmask the presence of other genes that might be factors. Trisomy 21 (DS) takes the place of multiple modifiers so that fewer additional predisposing mutations are required to reach a heart defect in a person with trisomy 21 whereas it might take six or eight different modifier genes coming together to reach that threshold in a normal person. www.ohsu.edu /ohsuedu/newspub/releases/101706heart.cfm   (755 words)

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Children with a ventricular septal defect are at increased a risk of an infection of the heart (endocarditis). Children with large defects, especially occurring with Eisenmenger's syndrome, are at risk of a stroke due to a blood clot passing through the hole in the heart and going to the brain. A woman with congenital heart disease increases the risk of congenital heart disease in her fetus from 1 percent to approximately 4 percent to 6 percent. www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00614.html   (2339 words)

Medical References: Congenital Heart Defects   (Site not responding. Last check: ) If the defect is a hole in the wall (septum) that divides the two upper or two lower chambers, the blood can't circulate as it should and the heart has to work too hard. In other cases, where the heart defect can't be treated before birth, knowing that it exists enables doctors to be ready to give the baby the treatment it needs as soon as it is born. While most congenital heart defects cannot yet be prevented, there are some steps a woman can take that may help reduce her risk of having a baby with a heart defect. www.marchofdimes.com /professionals/681_1212.asp   (2256 words)

eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect : Article Excerpt by: Bekir H Melek, MD, FACC It is characterized by a defect in the interatrial septum that allows pulmonary venous return to pass from the left to the right atrium, resulting in right atrial and right ventricular chamber dilation, the extent of which depends on the size of the shunt. Ostium secundum defect is the most common type and accounts for 60-70% of all cases, for approximately 7% of all congenital cardiac defects and for 30-40% of all congenital heart disease in patients over age 40. Etiology: ASD is a congenital cardiac disorder caused by the spontaneous malformation of the atrial septum. www.emedicine.com /med/byname/atrial-septal-defect.htm   (755 words)

Imaginis - Heart Disease - Congenital Heart Defects Congenital heart diseases are defects, malformations, or developmental problems present since birth. Approximately 1% of patients are born with congenital defects, making heart defects the most common form of congenital defect seen at birth. Mild defects may be diagnosed during routine pediatric office visits when children exhibit symptoms such as breathing difficulties, feeding problems, or poor weight gain. www.imaginis.com /heart-disease/congenital.asp   (648 words)

OHSU Health - Congenital Liver Defects   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Defects of the liver at birth usually affect the bile ducts. Congenital liver defects that affect the flow of bile share some common symptoms. Congenital liver defects that affect the flow of bile are usually diagnosed at birth or shortly afterward. www.ohsuhealth.com /htaz/liver/disorder/congenital_liver_defects.cfm   (254 words)

Congenital Heart Disease - Page 5   (Site not responding. Last check: ) A congenital heart defect in which oxygen–rich blood from the left side of the heart is mixed with oxygen–poor blood from the right side of the heart because of the reversed locations of the two major arteries, the pulmonary artery and the aorta. A heart defect characterized by a hole in the wall septum that divides the two lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). A rare birth defect of the heart in which the major heart arteries fail to separate and the baby is born with one single arterial trunk that supplies blood to both the lungs and the body. heart.health.ivillage.com /congenitalheartdisease/congenitalheart5.cfm   (1122 words)

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Congenital heart defect corrective surgery Surgery may involve opening the heart to repair defects or repairing defects of the blood vessels. A heart transplant may be performed to treat this condition, but donor hearts for infants are rare and the procedure can only be performed at a small number of centers. The outcome of heart surgery depends on the child's condition, the type of defect, and the type of surgery. www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/002948.htm   (1901 words)

Congenital Heart Defects-Treatment Overview Your child's treatment for a congenital heart defect will be based on the type of problem he or she has. Medicines may be given in a vein for severe defects such as coarctation of the aorta, transposition of the great vessels, or tetralogy of Fallot. If your baby is born with a severe heart defect, be assured that there is a good chance that he or she will survive with treatment. www.webmd.com /heart-disease/tc/Congenital-Heart-Defects-Treatment-Overview   (997 words)

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