Ultimately, in the vast sea of people, there are still many newborns who are diagnosed with heart disease, whether congenital or acquired. Despite the rapid development of modern medical technology, all of these are inevitable. The concept of heart disease is very broad, but is it inherited during pregnancy?
Most heart diseases, such as coronary heart disease and even some congenital heart diseases, are not genetic diseases. It can be explained that the vast majority of heart diseases are not inherited. Even if there is a possibility of inheritance, it is not necessarily hereditary. However, some relatively rare heart diseases are still genetic diseases, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy, which can indeed be inherited.
Another situation is that even non genetic diseases such as coronary heart disease and congenital heart disease have a certain genetic predisposition, which means that the probability of a patient's immediate family members suffering from similar diseases is higher than that of people who do not have such diseases. Therefore, it is common for a family to have multiple individuals suffering from the same disease. This phenomenon is called familial clustering.
The reason for the occurrence of family clustering is not only genetic, but also the common lifestyle habits of the family, which can have an impact on heritability. But it can be confirmed that congenital heart disease is caused by external factors during fetal development, and is definitely not genetic.
