Congestive heart diseases in children are common and 1 in 100 children are born with it. 30% of these problems come under critical congenital heart diseases. If these conditions are not found and treated within days of their birth, it can prove to be fatal for the children.

A fetal echocardiogram can help identify congestive heart condition even before the child is born. It has to be done by a trained pediatric cardiologist or fetal medicine specialist in a pediatric hospital.

Watch Dr. Mani Ram Krishna of Kauvery Hospital, one of the best pediatric cardiologists in Trichy talk about the prevention of heart diseases in newborns.