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In the United States, a child is born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) every 15 seconds. Children undergo surgeries and sadly, some die every day from CHDs.

We need to understand what causes CHDs and to prevent them. We need to detect and diagnose CHDs as early as possible. While much progress has been made, we need to develop new treatments for CHDs so that children undergo fewer invasive surgeries and improve the long-term prognosis for children with CHDs.

We need your support to fund the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of CHDs in children.

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CHF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. All donations to CHF and its chapters are
tax-deductible.

More than 75% of CHDs expenditures go directly to research and research-related education.