Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen's daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. "I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very ...

A Washington State University sophomore on the school’s cheer team, Reyes, 19, knows what it’s like to have heart issues as a survivor of a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot.

MADISON (WKOW) -- We are in the midst of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 1 in 100 babies will be born with a CHD. That includes Amber Noggle's 5-year-old son, Dax. He was born with Tetralogy ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are structural abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth and are the most common type of birth defect. CHDs vary in severity and type, with common ...

Runner gets open-heart surgery after childhood congenital heart defect surgery. Feb. 6, 2013— -- Like many relatively recent college graduates, Jane Lee wasn't always on top of her doctor's ...

Congenital heart defects are defined as structural abnormalities in the heart or nearby blood vessels that develop before birth. Worldwide, that amounts to 9 out of every 1,000 live births, a rate ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect in the U.S., with previous estimates placing the number at about 40,000 babies each year, or 1% of all births nationally.

Source Reference: Yang Y, et al "Paternal preconception hepatitis B virus infection and risk of congenital heart disease in offspring" JAMA Pediatr 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2680.

Hall of Famer Pete Maravich (7) had a congenital heart defect. AP “Basically, he had blood supply to one side of his heart, to a large portion of his heart that basically didn’t exist,” Dr ...