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Can children have congenital heart disease?

I am a 27 year old male. I wonder can children have congenital heart disease?

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Of course. The name "congenital" means they are born with it.
Congenital heart disease means birth defect of the heart, meaning something you are born with. Birth defects of the heart are the most common type of birth defect impacting approximately 1 in every 100 children.