What causes babies to be born with heart disease?
We do not know what causes the very slight natural tendency. What is now well-known is that if a mother…
Does congenital heart disease run in families?
Very occasionally exactly the same abnormalities will be found in more than one member of a family, but more commonly…
How common is it for babies to be born with heart disease?
About eight babies in every thousand are born with an abnormality of the heart. In half of these the abnormality…
What effect does heart disease have on the child?
One of the main difficulties is breathlessness when the child moves, or a baby when feeding. This means that a…
What sort of abnormalities occur in congenital heart disease?
There may be a narrowing at some point which means the pumping chamber behind has to work harder. There may…
What is murmur?
A murmur is the noise produced by blood passing through the heart and big blood vessels. What the doctors have…
What does the heart normally do?
The main function of the heart is to pump blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen…
What is congenital heart disease?
The word “congenital” means “from birth”, and when applied to heart disease, means that the baby has been born with…
Everyday life with angina
After treatment, most people with angina can get back to a normal or near-normal life. However, many people with…
How to live with angina?
Preventing a disease before it happens is called primary prevention. down its progress. This is called secondary prevention. For angina,…