Living with Adult Congenital Heart Disease | Comcast Newsmakers

Living with Adult Congenital Heart Disease - 4:46

with Nicole Fernandez on the ACHA

Posted Jun 01, 2018

Congenital heart disease is one or more abnormalities in your heart's structure that you're born with. This most common of birth defects can alter the way blood flows through your heart. Understand how to live with your adult congenital heart disease. Nicole Fernandez ACHA Community Coordinator joins Newsmakers.

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