Adult congenital heart disease is common. About one in every 150 adults has congenital heart disease. Adult Congenital Heart Disease & Pulmonary Hypertension. Some patients with congenital heart ...

However, congenital heart disease, or CHD, remains the No. 1 birth defect worldwide (nearly 1% of babies are born with a heart condition) and the leading cause of birth-related deaths.

In the case of congenital heart disease, it can happen at birth. Other times, it develops throughout our lives, like coronary artery disease, slowly progressing as plaque builds up.

A new study published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that while hospitalizations of adults with congenital heart disease stayed stable from 2010 to 2020, the ...

Stout KK, et al. (2019). 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on ...

Congenital heart disease is surprisingly common in newborns and affects about 1 in 100 newborns. CHD can also range from simple (like small holes in the heart) to complex (like missing or poorly ...

Deciphering the digenic architecture of congenital heart disease using trio exome sequencing data. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.01.024; ...

Congenital heart disease is an issue with the heart’s structure at birth, according to the Cleveland Clinic, and can prevent blood from flowing from the heart.

Congenital heart disease is usually detected by Electrocardiogram (ECG), chest X-ray, and 2D echocardiography. Know the treatment procedures: Small-sized defects and less serious valve closures ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Until Jennifer Cortes joined a patient ...

Congenital heart disease, or holes in the heart, is the most common birth defect that affects about one out of 100 kids. Probably half of those kids need heart surgery to survive.

Uchida and Rowe 4 found no concordance for congenital heart disease in 13 monozygotic twin pairs nor in 13 sets of dizygotic twins in which 1 member had a congenital heart defect. A similar lack ...