Patterns of Congenital Heart Diseases at Sohag University Hospital

Khedewy, Amr Abdelnaeem; Abdel Aal, Mohamed; Kassem, Mohamed

doi:10.21608/smj.2024.263429.1448

Patterns of Congenital Heart Diseases at Sohag University Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Pediatrics and neobayology department, Sohag university hospital

² pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag university, Sohag, Egypt.

³ Pediatrics and neonatology department , Sohag university , Sohag , Egypt

10.21608/smj.2024.263429.1448

Abstract

Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are structural or functional heart diseases that present at birth even if it is discovered later in life. Aim: to study Patterns of CHD in children at Sohag University Hospital. Methods: This was a Prospective and cross sectional study done in pediatric department at Sohag University Hospital with all its divisions. Results: Total cases of Congenital heart diseases were 900 patients, of them 650 (72.2) Acyanotic CHD and 250 (27.8) Cyanotic CHD, regarding acyanotic CHDs the commonest isolated defects were ASD in 181 (20.1) , VSD in 142 (15.78), followed by , PDA in 78 (8.67), P.S in 55 (6.11), Then AS in 45 (5). Less common CoA in 20 (2.22), Complete AV Canal Defect in 13 (1.44), Partial AV Canal Defect in 6 (0.67), combined defects detected in 110 (12.22) . As regard Cyanotic CHDs the commonest are TOF in 97 (10.78) D-TGA in 57 (6.33) , followed by P.A. in 27 (3) T.A. in 20 (2.22) LHHS in 17 (1.89) , less common Ebestien anomaly in 12 (1.33) , Single Ventricle in 10 (1.11) other complex cyanotic CHD in 10 (1.11). Commonest in infants (53.33%) followed by neonates (37.22%) then preschool children (7.222%) then school children (2.22%). Conclusion: the trends of CHD observed in our study were different from the other national and international studies as the most common type observed in this study was ASD followed by VSD, PDA, and ToF. Keywords: congenital heart diseases; neonatal; children.

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