Guidance

Congenital heart disease: screening, diagnosis, treatment

This document explains congenital heart disease and the processes following a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of the condition.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 April 2012

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This publication explains the fetal anomaly condition congenital heart disease.

The leaflet includes:

• definition of the condition
• screening and diagnosis procedure
• prevalence of the condition
• treatment for the disease
• likely outcome for the baby
• prevention processes
• the referral pathway

The NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) tests for this condition.

Published 1 April 2012