Premature babies and heart defect?

I do not know if it is the case with a baby with a heart that has repaired it%26#039;s self when they have a congental heart condition; but I know it is the case with a baby that has a continuing defect.

51% death rate by the age of 10.

Is this incorperating babies with healed congenital heart problems.

To read an extract of this, refere to this page.

Look at the %26#039;section 2 of 11%26#039; %26gt; %26#039;Mortality/Morbidity%26#039; %26gt; bullet piont 3

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1889.h...

Tell me about this?

Hagrid

Premature babies and heart defect?

I have a CHD called truncus arteriosus, and will be 28 in March :) Most CHDs can be repaired with surgery these days, and CHD patients usually lead normal healthy lives, with just some limits due to the condition. It is very important to continue seeing a cardiologist who specializes in CHDs, even if a repair has been made by surgery. Adults with CHDs were once a rarity, but technological advances have made more people with CHDs survive into adulthood. There is a growing number of cardiologists who specialize in adults with CHD, bacause the survival rate is increasing.

I am not sure what exactly being premature and having CHD can do to a person%26#039;s health, but i do know that premature babies have a lot of health issues overall in the long term. CHDs are not caused by prematurity though, they happen when the heart is formed, and CHDs do not cause prematurity either.