Tiny hearts, big cardiac concern in India

Raipur: When Dr Pretti Ijardar examined five-year-old Arman Yadav at a primary school in Raipur in December, she deployed the most basic tool in a doctor's kit - a stethoscope. As she listened to the child's chest, an unusual murmur in his heartbeat caught her attention.She and her team took the boy to a nearby hospital for an echocardiogram. The results revealed a serious congenital defect - an 18 mm hole in his heart.Also Read: No cholesterol, no diabetes, other test reports normal: 5,000 hear...