Not just people adult, baby can also affected by heart disease

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Heart disease is often associated with people who are have been aged or a minimum of middle-aged. Many do not know that heart disease can also affect children. Just only different from the causes of heart disease in adults.

"Heart disease in children is largely an inherited disease, but some are caused by infection. Congenital heart disease occurs in about 1 percent of births, ranging from mild to heavy," said Dr. T. Sukman Son, SpA (K), specialist pediatric heart from Eka Hospital in a press conference on 'The 2nd Annual East Meets West Cardiology Symposium' at Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pacific Place, Jakarta, and was written on Thursday (14/02/2013)

Dr. Nukman explains, genetic factors accounted for approximately 75 percent of the causes of congenital heart disease. Equally important is the health condition of the mother during pregnancy, especially the first trimester of pregnancy or moment the time of pregnancy aged up to 12 weeks, namely at the time of formation of the fetal heart.

"Pregnancy at age 12 the first week is very important because after that the heart is already formed. If there is wrong, then it can happen abnormalities, could be because toxoplasma, rubella. Environmental factors such as radiation, pollution can also affect, "explained Dr. Nukman.

Dr. Sukman explained, heart disease in children is not caused because disturbances in the coronary blood vessels, such as in adults, but usually there are abnormalities or leaks in chambers. Fortunately, these abnormalities can be detected since in the pregnancy through ultrasound.

However, abnormalities can be detected by ultrasound, most are abnormalities that have been to be severe. Mild abnormalities are usually not detected until the baby is born, there is even a new known after baby aged 2-3 weeks. whereas, the baby requires immediate treatment.

"Usually the signs are baby looks shortness of breath, his body was blue," said Dr. Sukman.