• April 25, 2024

The Ccongenital heart disease are defects of the development of heart with which it is born and represent the first cause of consultation of pediatric cardiology, mentions the doctor Enrique López Mora, member of the Mexican Heart Foundation.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the Head of the Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic of the National Institute of Cardiology details that of the total number of patients in this hospital, the third part corresponds to the pediatric age, which, most of them register congenital heart disease .

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The specialist points out that the top 6 of the congenital heart disease Worldwide, it is as follows:

1. Interauricular communication.
2. Ventricular communication.
3. Persistence of the ductus arteriosus.
4. Tetralogy of Fallot
5. Transposition of the great vessels
6. Ebstein's disease

The causes of the congenital heart disease However, there are some factors that raise the risk of presenting them as biological inheritance, a mother who suffers from diabetes, alcohol intake, drugs or medications not recommended during pregnancy.

Many of the heart disease They do not cause symptoms or give signs of their presence, so they are detected until the child grows. Therefore, it is important that you have good control from pregnancy. And you, how do you take care of your children's hearts?

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