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"Fact Sheets | The Children’s Heart Foundation." The Children’s Heart Foundation | Saving Children's Lives. One Heart at a Time. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-family/a9092/birth-defects/
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The Children’s Heart Foundation is the leading national organization that was created to exclusively fund congenital heart defect research. |
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An approximate 100-200 deaths are due to unrecognized heart disease in newborns each year. These numbers exclude those dying before diagnosis. (Source: CHPHC) |
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The Children’s Heart Foundation has funded over $7.4 million to 62 basic science, translational and clinical CHD research projects at leading research centers across the US and Canada. |
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Approximately two to three million individuals are thought to be living in the United States with CHDs. Because there is no U.S. system to track CHDs beyond early childhood, more precise estimates are not available. (Source: CHPHC) |
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Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects. Nearly one of every 100 babies is born with a CHD. |
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