Congenital heart disease is the defect resulting from abnormal development of cardiac function.
Congenital heart defects occur in approximately 8: 1000 births.
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There is a wide range of cardiac abnormalities and they can range from asymptomatic and clinical fatal. In most cases, congenital heart disease have a number of causes (multifactorial defects), but in some cases they are associated with chromosomal abnormalities (Down’s syndrome, Turner syndrome, trisomy 13 and trisomy 18), defects in specific genes, teratogenic disorders or metabolic diseases of mother.
Congenital heart disease:
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pulmonary artery stenosis
Mitral insufficiency
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Coarctation of the aorta
Atrioventricular cushions
Aortic valve stenosis
Transposition of the great arteries
Tricuspid atresia
Arterial trunk
Anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Abnormal discharge of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery – ALCAPA
Tetralogy of Fallot