Congenital Heart Disease | CardioSmart – American College of Cardiology
Congenital means present from birth. So congenital heart defects refer to a number of different conditions that can occur when a baby’s heart is forming. As a result, the heart – or the major vessels in and around the heart – may not develop or work the way they should. Worldwide, congenital heart disease is the most common type of birth defect. Nearly 1 out of 100 babies are born with some sort of structural heart defect, affecting about 40,000 infants a year in the United States, according to the
