New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health condition. If you are a mother, who gave birth to a baby with a heart defect, you would have a lot of doubts about it. Apart from knowing what it is, you may have questions about its treatment, or ways you can avoid the complications that come with it, and how it will affect your child's life. To take care of your child in the best possible way, it is good to know all about congenital heart defect.

On Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day, which is observed on February 14, we got cardiologist Dr Abhijit Borse to answer frequent...