Is Congenital Heart Disease a disease that is associated with aging?

September 12th, 2007 | by admin |
Mehndi asked:


I am doing a project about Congenital Heart Disease for my sophmore Health Academy Focus…..
I need to know if Congenital Heart Disease is associated with aging…..If possilbe can you also give me links on places where I can find more information on the topic.
thank you

Gordon
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    1. One Response to “Is Congenital Heart Disease a disease that is associated with aging?”

    2. By geast1974 on Sep 14, 2007 | Reply

      Congenital means it was present at birth. It is not associated with aging, although it may be undetected until adulthood, depending on its severity.

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