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The heart of a child forms completely
during the first six weeks of the pregnancy. Sometimes, for some
unknown reasons, the heart fails to form properly or completely.
The child will be born with a congenital heart defect. The
defect is not linked to heredity and parents should not feel
guilty about anything they did or did not do, with the exception
of alcohol and drug abuse.
Congenital heart diseases are usually diagnosed directly at
birth or soon after birth. It is important to take care of the
child with congenital heart disease since an early diagnosis and
early treatment are giving the best results.
Congenital heart diseases include the following diagnosis:
- Aortic Stenosis
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrio-Ventricular Canal
- Bicupsid Aortic Valve
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Ebstein’s Anomaly
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foreman Ovale
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Single Ventricle
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary
Venousus Return
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Ventricular Septal Defect
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