Congenital Heart Defects
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1 in 100 newborns are born with CHD.

25% of children born with CHD will need heart surgery /intervention to survive the first year of life.

There is no cure for CHD.

CHD is the #1 cause of birth related deaths.

CHDs are 50 times more common than childhood cancer

Most causes of CHDs are unknown. Only 15-20% of all CHDs are related to known genetic conditions.

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