Every 15 Minutes: Facts on Congenital Heart Disease

Every 15 minutes, a baby is born with congenital heart disease. If a critical CHD is not detected soon after birth, an infant can die. Thanks to improvements in diagnostic imaging and care, many congenital heart defects can be detected before a baby is born. But not always. The Children’s National Medical Center Cardiology team created a Congenital Heart Disease Screening Program, promoting the use of pulse oximetry to detect critical CHDs soon after birth. Pulse ox is a minimally invasive and p