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- Congenital heart disease
Some congenital heart defects are mild and cause no significant disturbance to the way the heart functions.
- Heart explained
The heart is about the size of a clenched fist and lies in the middle of your chest, behind and slightly to the left of your breastbone.
- Heart disease and stroke
Although blocked blood vessels can cause both coronary heart disease and some types of stroke, stroke is not the same as heart disease.
- Central nervous system birth defects
Folic acid taken before conception, and during at least the first 4 weeks of pregnancy, can prevent around 7 out of 10 cases of neural tube defects.
- Heart arrhythmias and palpitations
A heart that beats irregularly, too fast or too slow, is experiencing an arrhythmia.
- Heart disorders (acquired) - children
Some children acquire a heart problem after an illness in childhood, and this is called an acquired heart defect.
- Down syndrome and health
There are a number of significant health and medical issues that are more common in people with Down syndrome.
- Heart failure
Heart failure is a condition where the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood to the rest of the body as well as it should.
- Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure on the lungs.