Each year, cardiovascular diseases top the list of the country's
most serious health problems. The following information will
help you learn more about the most common forms of
cardiovascular disease, including important information about
symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment. Children are
not always born with healthy hearts. In fact, one out of every
125 babies born in the US is born with a congenital heart
abnormality. Look in these pages for the most common forms of
cardiovascular disease in children, including important
information about each condition on the following pages. Your
physician may order one or more diagnostic tests or surgical
procedures to evaluate and treat your heart condition, and these
pages will inform you about what to expect when preparing for,
during, and following each procedure. Stroke, also called brain
attack, occurs when blood flow to the brain is disrupted an
emergency medical condition. Find out more about the signs and
symptoms, risk factors, and different types o