Consider alternating the fruit juices you consume, as both grapefruit juice and orange juice provide more vitamin C per serving than cranberry juice. Eating fruits and vegetables including broccoli, red pepper, strawberries, kiwi, cauliflower, cantaloupe, mango and cabbage will also increase your vitamin C intake.
Infants and children with dilated cardiomyopathy most often present with signs of congestive heart failure. This is when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and there is a buildup of fluid in the body tissues and lungs. The heart also becomes congested with blood.
Causes of Heart block. Heart block is caused by certain medications, surgery and primary disease (an infection). A child can also be born with heart block (congenital heart block). Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Heart block) that could possibly cause Heart block includes: 1  Heart attack. 2  Coronary artery disease. 3  Sinus node disease.  Congenital heart defect.