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Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiology · Cardiovascular
Moderate
Severity
Uncommon — affects a small percentage of live births, making it one of the most common types of birth defects
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by disruptions in normal heart formation during early pregnancy
- 2often without a clearly identifiable single cause
- 3though genetic factors and chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome are important contributors in some cases. Maternal factors during pregnancy including poorly controlled diabetes
- 4certain infections such as rubella
- 5exposure to specific medications
- 6and alcohol use can increase risk. Family history of congenital heart disease also raises the likelihood of similar defects in subsequent pregnancies.
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