Congenital heart defect
Congenital heart defect Synonyms Congenital heart anomaly, congenital heart disease The normal structure of the heart (left) in comparison to two common locations for a ventricular septal defect (right), the most common form of congenital heart defect. [1] Specialty Cardiology Symptoms Rapid breathing, bluish skin, poor weight gain, feeling tired [2] Complications Heart failure [2] Types Cyanotic heart defects, non-cyanotic heart defects [3] Causes Often unknown [4] Risk factors Rubella infection during pregnancy, alcohol or tobacco, parents being closely related, poor nutritional status or obesity in the mother [3] [5] Treatment None, catheter based procedures, heart surgery, heart transplantation [6] [3] Prognosis Generally good (with treatment) [7] Frequency 48.9 million (2015) [8] Deaths 303,300 (2015) [9] A congenital heart defect ( CHD ), also known as a congenital heart anomaly or congenital heart disease , is a problem in the structure of the heart that is present at birth. [...