Clinical Epidemiology and Management of Congenital Heart Defects in a Developing Country

2015 ◽  
pp. 46-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekanem N. Ekure ◽  
Adebowale A. Adeyemo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Congenital Heart Defects ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Clinical Epidemiology ◽  
Heart Defects

Congenital Heart Defects in Nigerian Children: Preliminary Data From the National Pediatric Cardiac Registry

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 699-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekanem N. Ekure ◽  
Fidelia Bode-Thomas ◽  
Wilson E. Sadoh ◽  
Adeola A. Orogade ◽  
Barbara E. Otaigbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Defects ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Clinical Epidemiology ◽  
Heart Defects ◽  
The South ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
The North ◽  
Geographical Regions

Background: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are common birth defects with significant impact on morbidity and mortality. We aimed to compare regional patterns of CHDs in Nigeria using a registry-based approach. Methods: Children with echocardiography-confirmed CHDs at 17 medical centers across the country were enrolled in a pilot National Pediatric Cardiac Registry from January to December 2014. Results: A total of 1,296 children (52.9% male; median age 0.9 years) with CHDs were enrolled. Patients enrolled in Northern Nigeria constituted 34.6% of the study population and were older compared to those enrolled from Southern Nigeria (2.9 ± 3.6 vs 2.4 ± 3.5 years; P = .02). Ventricular septal defects were significantly more prevalent in the North (37.4%) compared with the South (18.5%; P < .0001), while severe CHDs were more prevalent in the South ( P = .004). Of the 208 (16.0%) children who received corrective cardiac intervention, only 43 (20.7%) of them had the intervention done in country. More patients in the South received intervention compared to the North (19.02% vs 10.5%; P < .0001). Conclusion: This is the first prospective, registry-based, multicenter study of CHDs in Nigerian children. We demonstrate important differences between the Northern and the Southern geographical regions of the country in terms of age at diagnosis, type, and severity of lesion as well as access to cardiac surgery. The findings demonstrate the utility of a national CHDs registry for understanding clinical epidemiology of CHDs in low- and middle-income countries and its potential to serve as a basis for research and planning.

Minimally invasive partial inferior sternotomy for congenital heart defects in children

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Seipelt ◽  
T Tirilomis ◽  
T Paul ◽  
H Dörge ◽  
F Schoendube ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Congenital Heart Defects ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Heart Defects

Surgical management of congenital heart defects in adolescent and adult patients, between years 2001–2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 150 (37) ◽  
pp. 1739-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Hartyánszky ◽  
Andrea Székely ◽  
László Király ◽  
Zsolt Prodán ◽  
Sándor Mihályi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Management ◽  
Congenital Heart Defects ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Heart Defects ◽  
Adult Patients

A felnőttkorban operált veleszületett szívhibák között vezetnek az I. rekonstrukciós beavatkozások: a) frissen felismert betegségek, b) megelőzően inoperábilisnak ítélt kórképek, c) pulmonalis hypertonia, jobbkamra-elégtelenség miatt „elkésett” műtétek. Növekszik a II. REDO műtétek száma: a) residuumok korrigálása, b) kinőtt, diszfunkciós homograftok cseréje, c) műtéti/intervenciós korrigálás utáni recoarctatio (aneurysma, dissectio) sebészete, d) aorta valvulotomia/valvuloplastica, illetve társvitiumok (TGA) korrigálásának következményeként Ross-műtét, műbillentyű-beültetés . Betegek, eredmények: A 2001–2008 között végzett 4496 műtét közül 166 volt fiatal-felnőtt korú (16–52, átlagéletkor: 28 év) (Ia: 77, Ib: 15, Ic: 4, IIa: 11, IIb: 22, IIc: 9, IId: 28). Műtéti mortalitás nem volt, 1 beteg pulmonalis hypertoniás krízisben, 1 jobbkamra-elégtelenség miatti malignus ritmuszavarban, 2 többszerv-elégtelenségben halt meg. Konklúzió: A rizikófaktorokat a pulmonalis hypertonia és a jobbkamra-elégtelenség jelenti. A bonyolult sebészi megoldások a „congenitalis szívsebész” számára nem jelentenek problémát, de koraibb diagnózisok, terápiában az extracorporalis membránoxigenátor használata az eredményeket javíthatja.

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