Congenital heart disease: a global public health concern

Joseph W Rossano

doi:10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30429-8

Abstract

Congenital heart disease: a global public health concern

Highlights

Congenital heart disease is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality in both children and adults, and large disparities exist throughout the world in access to care and outocomes.[1,2]
There have been tremendous advancements in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease over the past several decades, much of what is known about congenital heart disease care comes from regions that have a high Socio-demographic Index (SDI).[3,4]
As top-ranking causes of mortality continue to shift from communicable diseases to noncommunicable diseases, the importance of congenital heart disease as a cause of global infant mortality is likely to continue to increase in the years to come

Summary

Introduction

Congenital heart disease is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality in both children and adults, and large disparities exist throughout the world in access to care and outocomes.[1,2] there have been tremendous advancements in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease over the past several decades, much of what is known about congenital heart disease care comes from regions that have a high Socio-demographic Index (SDI).[3,4] The GBD 2017 Congenital Heart Disease Collaborators’ study, as with previous analyses from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), provides important epidemiological data, including trends over time, on contributions to global morbidity and mortality.[5,6,7]. The GBD 2017 Congenital Heart Disease Collaborators’ study provides new information on the burden of congenital heart disease throughout the world and presents important new epidemiological data not available in previous GBD analyses.[7] Some of these important findings include a global estimate of nearly 12 million people living with congenital heart disease in 2017, which represents an 18·7% increase from 1990.

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