Question 1

can you tell me the difference between coronary and congenital heart disease?

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Yes: The former is an acquired condition while the latter is present at birth.

Question 2

what is the difference between coronary diseases and?congenital heart disease?

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CAD is narrow artery: Chd is a structural abnormality  of the heart or surrounding structures.

Question 3

can you die from congenital heart disease?

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Yes: Yes. There are several heart defects that you may die from if you are affected.  Usually that happens early in life. Many of the defects can be corrected surgically, but not all of them and sometimes despite correction they do not have good prognosis. I would refer you for the list of such conditions to pediatric cardiologist since science in this area is changing constantly.

Question 4

what are the causes of congenital heart disease?

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Multiple: Congenital heart defects are a collection of issues that could be devastating early or of almost no consequence even in the long.  As there are a variety of maladies, the causes are multiple as well.  Environmental factors, genetic abnormalities in either of the parents and a combination of these factors lead to congenital heart defects.

Question 5

what are the tests for congenital heart disease?

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Ultrasound, EKG: An echo and ultrasound will pick up nearly all. Further testing may be indicated in specific cases.

Question 6

what sort of disease is congenital heart disease?

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Born with it: It is a heart defect you are born with. It may be simple, moderate, or very serious. They include "holes in the heart", valve problems, malformed or absent chambers, valves, or blood vessels. Just under 1 % of all babies are born with some type of defect, often minor and temporary. They are usually diagnosed shortly after birth, occasionally much later.

Question 7

what are death rates of congenital heart disease?

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Variable: This varies quite a bit with the chd under consideration. If you have a specific one in mind, please submit a new question with that in mind.

Question 8

are the symptoms of congenital heart disease bad?

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It depends on defect: It depends on what kind of defect it is. Some defects have no symptoms, some have mild symptoms such as faster breathing, difficulty eating, increased sweating while feeding. And some defects are life threatening causing low oxygen levels in your body and without surgery or other type of intervention within hours of delivery may be lethal.

Question 9

is congenital heart disease a disease associated with aging?

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No: Congenital heart disease is present at birth.

Question 10

if i had a?congenital heart disease will my kids have it too?

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Very unlikely : In some conditions, having a parent with congenital heart disease raises the relative risk that their child may have congenital heart disease. Even with this increased risk, the chances of having a specific child affected are probably only around 1%. You should speak with your cardiologist or a geneticist to get a closer approximation of your risk.

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