A 36-year-old member asked:
can you die from congenital heart disease?
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Dr. Wlodzimierz Wisniewski answered
Neonatology 30 years experience
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.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
What are death rates of congenital heart disease?
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
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.
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