According to a 2012 study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, an estimated two million Americans live with congenital heart defects. More than half of them are adults.
That, of course, wasn’t always the case. But as more people with congenital heart disease are living longer, it’s presenting new challenges for the medical community.
We learn more from Dr. C. Huie Lin, a cardiologist with Houston Methodist’s DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.
