Congenital Heart Disease: causes and risk factors

Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is a multifactorial disorder based on both genetic and environmental factors involved in development. The basic problem lies the structure of heart leading to CHD that occurs walls, valves, arteries veins heart. During cell cycle, gene controls this process may mutate, causing disturbance any portion disturbed blood flow, flow wrong direction or complete blockage. range from simple with no manifestations complex severe symptoms. Simple defects need treatment while some babies birth during require special care, vaccination, medication otherwise treated surgery. incidence has declined 80 20% due progress surgery techniques, medical interventional cardiology. Various non-genetic increase susceptibility for CHD. diagnosis greatly improved recent years. Almost all children survive adulthood spend healthy active lives after being