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Information on Congenital Heart Defects About 36,000 children are born each year with a heart defect. Most children can benefit from surgery even if the defect is very severe. When surgery is necessary, many medical treatments are available to help the heart work properly. There is nothing that parents could of done to have prevented the heart defect. -American Heart Association Nine of every 1,000 infants born each year have a heart
defect. About 650,000 to 1.3 million Americans with cardiovascular defects are alive today. Though research is ongoing, at
least 35 defects have now been identified.-American Heart Association More than 32,000 infants (one out of every 125 to 150) are born with heart defects each year in the United States. The defect may be so slight that the baby appears healthy for many years after birth, or so severe that its life is in immediate danger. -March of Dimes Heart Defects are among the most common birth defect and are the leading cause of birth defect related deaths. -March of Dimes |
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