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Congenital Heart Disease in Children with Down Syndrome. Children with Down syndrome are at a much higher risk for congenital heart disease. As a comparison: the incidence of congenital heart disease in the general population is 0.8 percent. The incidence of congenital heart disease in children with Down syndrome is between 40-60 percent. Some heart defects can be left alone with careful monitoring while others require surgery to correct the problem. The following types of heart defects in children with Down syndrome are discussed below.
Often, heart defects and other problems are present. It is one of the most common genetic birth defects, affecting approximately 1 in 800 babies. Chromosomes are the structures in cells that contain the genes. Down syndrome is caused by extra genetic material from chromosome 21. Affected persons have two normal copies of number 21 chromosomes, plus extra chromosome number 21 material attached to another chromosome. For that reason, Down syndrome is sometimes referred to as Trisomy 21.