Serious congenital heart disease in the neonatal period. Frequency in a children's hospital.

Abstract

A report of 107 infants with serious congenital heart disease during the neonatal period is presented. Determination of the basic defects was made at autopsy and/or cardiac catheterization and selective cineangiocardiogram.The most frequent congenital cardiac anomalies were coarctation of the aorta syndrome, ventricular septal defect, complete transposition of the great vessels, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome, similar to previous reports in the Occident. The incidence of endocardial cushion defect and total anomalous pulmonary venous return was higher than previous Occidental reports. The incidence of associated noncardiac anomalies with serious cardiac signs was 26.2%.