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We are honoring CHD Awareness Week February 7th-14th. Glam Hair Studio is selling hearts from February 1st to February 29th and all proceeds will go to the Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia's Cardiac Center

Congenital heart defects (CHD) occur in the early stages of pregnancy, when the heart is forming.

• Congenital heart defects include abnormalities in the heart’s structure, electrical system and other abnormalities.

• Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 40,000 births in the United States each year.

• Approximately 1 out of every 100 to 200 babies are born each year with some type of congenital heart defect.

• Nearly one-third of birth defect-related deaths of infants are caused by congenital heart defects. • Congenital heart defects are approximately 60 times more prevalent than childhood cancer.

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• Approximately 1.4 million children and adults in the U.S. are alive today with congenital

heart defects.

• Genetic or chromosomal abnormalities cause some heart defects. Other risk factors include maternal smoking (during pregnancy), maternal obesity, maternal diabetes and maternal infections such as rubella.

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