I’m filling out a family health history form for my doctor and it’s asking if anyone in my family has had coronary or congenital heart disease. I know my mom has heart disease but I don’t know which kind it is. One of the arteries to her heart was becoming blocked and they had to put a stent in that artery to open it back up – it’s called angioplasty. Is that coronary or congenital? Thanks.
Best Answer: Congenital means "from birth." Congenital heart disease is something you are born with, such as a murmur. If her artery is becoming slowly blocked, she does not have congenital disease. Coronary is the build up of plaques inside the artery walls. See attached link :)
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Congenital is a heart condition that you are born with. Anything else is usually coronary.
Congenital means “from birth.” Congenital heart disease is something you are born with, such as a murmur. If her artery is becoming slowly blocked, she does not have congenital disease. Coronary is the build up of plaques inside the artery walls. See attached link
Your mom had coronary artery disease. Congenital heart disease is a condition you are born with, such as a congenital valve defect called a murmur. Coronary disease is something that develops over time, although you can be predisposed by genetics toward developing these ailments.
Congenital is anything you born with.
Coronary is about a artery inside the heart known as the coronary artery
Probably that artery you talk about is the coronary artery.
From your description of the disease and treatment, your mother has artheries coronary heart disease (developed artheris clog heart disease). Not congenital (get before she born).
blocked artery in the heart is called CORONARY HEART DISEASE. coronary heart disease is not congenital (from birth).
Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called CAD, ischaemic heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease, is the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) with oxygen and nutrients. While the symptoms and signs of coronary heart disease are noted in the advanced state of disease, most individuals with coronary heart disease show no evidence of disease for decades as the disease progresses before the first onset of symptoms, often a “sudden” heart attack, finally arise. After decades of progression, some of these atheromatous plaques may rupture and (along with the activation of the blood clotting system) start limiting blood flow to the heart muscle. The disease is the most common cause of sudden death[1], and is also the most common reason for death of men and women over 20 years of age.[citation needed] According to present trends in the United States, half of healthy 40-year-old males will develop CHD in the future, and one in three healthy 40-year-old women.[2] According to the Guinness Book of Records, Northern Ireland is the country with the most occurrences of CHD.
congenital heart defect is a problem with the structure of the heart. It is present at birth. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of major birth defect.
A baby’s heart begins to develop shortly after conception. During development, structural defects can occur. These defects can involve the walls of the heart, the valves of the heart and the arteries and veins near the heart. Congenital heart defects can disrupt the normal flow of blood through the heart. The blood flow can
Slow down
Go in the wrong direction or to the wrong place
Be blocked completely
Treatment for the defect can include medicines, surgery and other medical procedures and heart transplants. The treatment depends on the type and severity of the defect and a child’s age, size and general health. Today, many children born with complex heart defects grow to adulthood and lead productive lives.