Normal Heart Vs. Heart with Defect (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Normal Heart Vs. Heart with Defect

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Graphic comparing a normal heart to one with a typical congenital heart defect where there is a hole in the wall separating the lower two chambers. A Johns Hopkins-led study recommends that children who have surgery to repair defects such as this be monitored to lower their risk of hypertension during adulthood.

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