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Heart to Heart with Anna

Heart to Heart with Anna

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January 14th 2014: Sports and ExtraCurricular Activities for Congenital Heart Defects Survivors

What kind of quality of life can survivors of critical congenital heart defects or CCHDs have regarding sports and hobbies? About 25% of CHDs are considered CCHDs. Children with CCHDs need surgery or other procedures within the first year of life. They are at risk for death or disability if their heart defect is not detected soon after birth. Some people with treated CCHDs have few related health problems later in life. However, long-term effects of CCHDs can include delayed development and reduced stamina during exercise. Could it be that some CHD Survivors can beat the odds? Meet three ad

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Mark Cummings

At only 2 months of age it was discovered that I had been born with dextrocardia situs inversus with a single ventricular bilateral cavus L-loop malposition of the great arteries and an atrioventricular septal defect.
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Victoria Scoggins

I was born on March 31, 1983. I was 1 month old before my parents knew I had a heart defect. After confirming I had lost weight, the doctor took a chest x-ray.
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Alex Jaworski

I was born on August 11th, 1994. I was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome when I was two months old, and the doctors told my parents that the odds of me surviving surgery were extremely small.
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