What Are the Different Types of Heart Defects?
Heart defects remain some of the most common of birth defects. Not all are expressed directly at birth and some are so mild they don’t need treatment right away, or may heal on their own and never require treatment. Others are severe and will need emergency intervention, but with this intervention many children are able to live normal and healthy lives and have an excellent life expectancy. Types of heart defects are often grouped by what part of the heart they affect. These would include defects of the heart valves, the septum, the interior valves of the heart, or the ventricles. Other types of heart defects combine several defects at once or have to do with the way the heart looped when it formed.
