How do you know if your child has heart problems?

About one in every 100 children has a heart problem, which may also be called a heart defect or congenital (present from birth) heart disease. Heart defects can usually be treated with medicine, surgery or other medical procedures. Dr Prem Venugopal-Director of Cardiac Surgery at the Queensland Children's Hospital explains more about congenital heart disease.

A 5 months old baby has her heart checked by a Doctor with a stethoscope. Source: AAP Image/Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

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