Heart Defects #1 Birth Defect
February 15th is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day, a day that recognizes the No. 1 birth defect in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, almost twice as many children in the U.S. die from congenital heart defects as from all forms of childhood cancer combined. Congenital heart defects occur in approximately 1 in every 100 births.
Of the 35 known congenital heart defects, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is considered to be one of the worst. In HLHS, the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. It occurs in approximately one of every 6,000 births.
Fifteen years ago, it was a virtual death sentence. HLHS cannot be "fixed", but while current surgical treatment cannot cure HLHS, it can lengthen the lives of babies born with it. For more information on congenital heart defects, visit http://tchin.org or www.americanheart.org.
Of the 35 known congenital heart defects, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is considered to be one of the worst. In HLHS, the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. It occurs in approximately one of every 6,000 births.
Fifteen years ago, it was a virtual death sentence. HLHS cannot be "fixed", but while current surgical treatment cannot cure HLHS, it can lengthen the lives of babies born with it. For more information on congenital heart defects, visit http://tchin.org or www.americanheart.org.
posted by Birth Defect Research for Children @ 6:31 AM
2 Comments:
At April 23, 2006 at 6:27 AM,
automaciej said…
Do you know the EACTS Congenital Database? It's an European database of surgery of congenital heart diseases. It's an attept to collect data about heart operations from many countries and analyze them in order to improve the knowledge about the heart surgery.
They lately made their reports publicly available.
At February 27, 2012 at 1:23 PM,
Anthony Frost said…
If your baby suffered a birth defect and you took Prozac® during pregnancy, you should consider consulting a birth injury lawyer. Some antidepressants may increase the risk of birth defects in children whose mothers take the medication while pregnant. For more information, contact our Prozac® birth injury attorneys.
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