Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) comprises any change in the anatomy of the heart and its blood vessels. The incidence of CHD is 8 to 10 per 1,000 live births, that is or one in one hundred births. In Brazil, 28,900 children are born with CHD per year (1% of the total births), of which about 80% (23,800) require cardiac surgery, and half of them, within the first year of life. Congenital malformations represent the second main cause of mortality in […]