Congenital heart disease
Congenital heart diseases are lesions that occur in the structure of the heart, the valves or the great vessels present at birth and that usually have an unknown cause. There is a wide variety of congenital heart malformations, it is very common for a baby born with a heart disease of this type to have a combination of different heart injuries. The incidence of this problem occurs in 1% of live baby births, according to the Fundación del Corazón. So it is a condition that is detected with some frequency. Risk factors for congenital heart disease The origin by which a fetus develops a cardiac malformation is not clear, however, there are factors that increase the probability that they appear: •Family history of congenital heart disease. •Parents with chromosomal diseases such as Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, etc. •Parents under 18 or over 35 years of age. •Maternal health problems such as diabetes, lupus, phenylketonuria, or rubella. •Consumption, by the mother, o...