Cardiovascular problems in childhood are quite different than those in adults.

Radha Ghildiyal, Mukesh Agrawal

Unlike dominance of coronary heart disease and essential hypertension in adults, congenital heart diseases (CHDs) contribute over 3/4^th of cardiac disorders in children, followed by rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in adolescents. Hypertension in childhood is usually secondary to renal, vascular or endocrinal disease.

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