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‘Congenital heart disease a common phenomenon’

TIRUPATI: If you think congenital heart disease is a rare phenomenon, read further. One in every 125 babies born has congenital heart defect (CHD), which incidentally is very common.

The silver lining is: Many of these children will have a curable condition and with good long-term prognosis.

Speaking on the latest developments in ‘neonatal cardiac surgery’ at the Apollo Clinic here on Friday, C.S. Muthu Kumaran and Neville A.G. Solomon, consultant paediatric and adult congenital cardiologist and cardiac surgeon respectively at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, explained that CHDs can be detected within 18 weeks of pregnancy, thus enabling parents to act fast.

They spoke about the surgery they performed to treat a condition called ‘complete a-v canal defect’ in a four-month old Nigerian baby at Apollo Children’s Hospital.

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