Pattern of Congenital Heart Disease a Hospital-Based Study

Mohammed Al-Hamash, Sadiq

	Pattern of Congenital Heart Disease a Hospital-Based Study
Al-Kindy College Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-48
Author
Sadiq Mohammed Al-Hamash
Abstract
Background: The congenital heart disease occursin 0,8% of live births and they have a wide spectrumof severity and about 30-40% of patients withcongenital heart disease are symptomatic during the1st year of life, and these disease still one of thefrequent cause of morbidity and hospital admissionamong the pediatric age group.Objective: This study was carried out to identifythe specific types of CHD, sex and age distributionand the most common pattern of presentation amonghospitalized patients.Methods: This is a retrospective study of 89patients with congenital heart disease admitted to thefifth unit in Child Welfare Hospital in Baghdad fromJanuary 2003 to January 2004. The diagnosis wasestablished by two dimensional and Dopplerechocardiography examination. The pattern ofcongenital heart disease, mode of presentation, maleto female incidence, and the effect of differentlesions on the growth parameters had been studied.Results: Out of 1023 patients, 89 patients 8.6%had congenital heart disease. The most commoncongenital heart disease were ventricular septaldefect 51.8%, Tetralogy of Fallot 17.9%, Patentductus arteriosus (13.5%), Transposition of greatarteries 8.9%, Pulmonary stenosis 4.4%, and Atrialseptal defect 3.4%. The most common presentationwas respiratory infection and heart failure in acyanotic patients and cyanosis in cyanotic groups.Conclusion: Patent ductus arteriosus and atrialseptal defect defects were more common in femalewhile all other lesions had equal male to femaleincidence or slightly more common in male.Key Words: Congenital heart disease; hospitalbased-study.
Keywords
Congenital heart disease; Hospital; Based Study

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