Monday, November 7, 2011

Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease is one type of disease that pretty much suffered by newborns. According to some studies, 10 out of 1000 newborns are likely to have heart disease is. The types of abnormalities found in this disease vary widely, there are only caused minor disturbances in cardiac function but also many disorders that result can be quite fatal to interfere with the work function of the heart as a tool that distributes blood throughout the body.


Several types of abnormalities that exist in the heart of the most widely suffered by the infants included in the category of congenital heart disease is one disorder that occurs in the check valve, and valve abnormalities that occur in the foyer and leaks in the veins of the lungs, the following discussion of each of these disorders are:

A. Valve abnormalities.

Abnormalities on the type of wall that separates the right and left chambers of the heart can not always be closed tightly, often on the dividing wall there is a hole or gap, until the pressure can cause blood flow to the lungs to be increased, and this is what usually called a congenital heart defect in the valve.

B. Valve abnormalities porch

As it was a working system in the right atrium, the heart's left porch is also separated by a valve. And the valve is also often contained a loophole that resulted in blood flow to the right atrium into the left heart into the porch is not nomal.

C. Leaks in the lung arteries

Since the baby is born, the blood vessels of the lungs that leads to the aorta that is when the baby in the womb will close by itself in accordance with the development of the child's growth, but unfortunately its not all babies have this thing. There are children who are the arteries of his lungs did not shut down even more and grow up. the gap will draw blood in the arteries between the lungs and aorta.

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