TO FIND OUT THE SPECTRUM OF CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN

Dr J P Soni,Dr Pradeep Singh Rathore,Dr Sandeep Choudhary,Dr Yatendra Kumar Sahu

doi:10.32553/ijmbs.v3i5.229

Abstract

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the pediatric population of both the developing and developed countries. Objective: To find the prevalence and pattern of CHD in a tertiary care centre of Western Rajasthan Methods: A descriptive type of study conducted during the period of January 2017 to December 2018, a total of 163842 patients sought medical help in pediatric department of Dr SN Medical college hospital. All data were analyzed by SPSS-software. Results: The prevalence of heart disease was 0.89% in our study. The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) was 0.84% and acquired heart disease was 0.05% in this study. Conclusion: Prevalence of heart disease was 0.89% among the hospital attending patients could be an underestimation of the actual disease burden in our community. Increased awareness regarding cardiac diseases reduces the mortality and morbidity associated with these ailments. Keywords: Children, congenital-heart disease, echocardiography, prevalence

Highlights

Congenital Heart Diseases refer to structural or functional heart diseases, which are present at birth
Of them 1452 pediatric (0–18 year) patients were diagnosed with heart diseases by echocardiography of them 1370 had CHD, 82 had acquired heart disease and 1187 patients out of 1370 had acyanotic congenital heart disease and their mean age was 2.31±3.68
Anita saxena et al reported a prevalence of congenital heart disease 8.07 per 1000 live birth[6]

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Introduction

Congenital Heart Diseases refer to structural or functional heart diseases, which are present at birth. Some of these may be detected later. With currently available treatment modalities, over 75% of infants born with critical heart diseases can survive beyond the first year of life and many can lead near normal lives thereafter. This privilege of early diagnosis and timely management is restricted to children in developed countries only. The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) was 0.84% and acquired heart disease was 0.05% in this study.

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