Introduction: In Côte d'Ivoire, the paediatrician has to face a diagnosis and management problem in front of pediatric heart disease, with consequent a high lethality. Objective: To describe the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and progressive aspects of childhood cardiopathy for the improvement of prognosis and professional practice. Materials and methods: This was a multicenter retrospective and descriptive study conducted from January 2011 to March 2016 in two main hospitals universities, one located in Abidjan and the other in Bouaké. It concerned children aged 0 to 15 admitted for cardiac disease diagnosed on clinical and/or echocardiographic arguments. The variables studied were the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects. Results: A total of 49.760 admissions including 228 infantile heart disease cases (congenital 113, acquired 51, indeterminate 64) are overall prevalence of 4.6‰. They involved 106 boys and 122 girls. In 74.6% of cases, the age was between 0 and 2 years. Respiratory distress 73.7% was the main reason for consultation. The main congenital heart diseases (CHD) are ventricular septal defect (VSD) (31%), atrial septal defect (ASD) (20.4%), atrioventricular canal (AVSD) (12.4%) and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) (11.5%). As for acquired forms (AHD), rheumatic mitral insufficiency (41.2%) and tuberculous pericarditis (15.7%) were the two main causes. Treatment progress is marked by stabilization (71.1%) and death (14%). Death was significantly associated with low socioeconomic status (p = 0.01) and with complication (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Infantile heart diseases are relatively less frequent and How to cite this paper: Azagoh-Kouadio, R

Des anomalies dans la dérivation aVR fourniraient des informations utiles sur le risque de maladies coronariennes. Ce présent cas clinique en est une illustration. En effet, il s´agit d´un patient de 60 ans, tabagique actif et diabétique ancien type 2 qui a présenté une douleur thoracique d´allure angineuse avec une épreuve d´effort positive. L'électrocardiogramme initial a montré un discret sus-décalage du segment ST et une onde Q de nécrose en aVR avec des signes en miroir en territoire inférieur. Une cardiopathie ischémie à fraction d´éjection ventriculaire altérée a été objectivée. La coronarographie diagnostique a objectivé une atteinte pluritronculaire coronaire. En définitive, la dérivation aVR fournit des informations cliniques précieuses et plaide en faveur d´une attention particulière à cette dérivation souvent oubliée.

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