Epidemiological study of congenital heart disease

Chadha, S. L.; Singh, Neerpal; Shukla, Dinkar

doi:10.1007/bf02723241

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“…7 But in one community based study the investigators reported higher prevalence rate of CHD among Delhi children of 4.2 per 1000 of children. 12 in south Africa the prevalence of CHD among school children accounted for only 1.01 per 1000 child. [10][11][12][13][14][15] In consistent with the present finding Thakir et al 7 also observed a higher prevalence of CHD among female school going children in the age group of 5-15 years in Shimla hills, India.…”

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“…[7][8][9][10][11][12] Although going by figure quoted in western countries it has been generally accepted that approximately 10 per 1000 babies are born with CHD incase of full term births. 1 Other reported a relatively lower prevalence form different countires.…”

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“…1 Other reported a relatively lower prevalence form different countires. [7][8][9][10][11][12] From India it has been reported a prevalence of CHD among their school going children of only 2.25 per 1000 child. 7 But in one community based study the investigators reported higher prevalence rate of CHD among Delhi children of 4.2 per 1000 of children.…”

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Screening of School Children for Operable Congenital Heart Diseases in Rural Area

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A random sample of 15,500 school going children in the age group of 6-16 years from public and private schools of Bhaluka & Gaffargaon were screened for the prevalence of operable congenital heart diseases [CHD] during a period of 12 months.Congenital heart diseases were diagnosed preliminary on the basis of clinical history and or clinical examination & confirmed by supportive investigations. Out of examined sample 350 were found suffering from CHD, giving an overall prevalence of 22.25 per 1000 of children far greater than that of the figure recorded in available literatures for other countries.The prevalence rate was higher in girls than that of boys in the present study which may indicate a negligence of care taking towards female children in family. In consistent, children from lower income group had a higher prevalence rate compared to their middle income group counterparts. One hundred sixty children were found to be suffering from definite operable CHD giving a prevalence of 10.32 per 1000, where again girls were the main victims.Atrial septal defect was the commonest lesion with a prevalence of 9.6 per 1000 followed by ventricular septal defect with a prevalence of 5.8 per 1000 children. Eight cases had a family history of CHD. History of rheumatic fever and or rheumatic heart disease were found to have significant prevalence among cases with CHD as compared to children without CHD.The finding of present survey suggest the need of large scale screening of apparently healthy children for CHD and family members of those suffering from CHD and that special attention to be paid to the occurrence of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease in cases of CHD.

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“…In the BWIS, 18.5% of the patients with CHD with associated ECM were found to have a genetic syndrome. 10 In recent times, Grech and Gatt, found that 65% of the individuals with CHD and associated ECM had a recognizable genetic syndrome. 15 In the present study, 34.8% of the patients with CHD and extarcardiac malformations had a clinically recognizable syndrome.…”

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“…Recent investigations have clearly demonstrated a much higher incidence of inherited CHDs than previously thought, and it appears more likely that genetic variation can play a role in predisposition to the majority of heart defects. 10 Hence authors intended to do a clinical study of extra cardiac malformations (ECM) associated with congenital heart disease (CHD); taking into account both their occurrence in isolation or as a part of a well-defined syndrome in a place which incidentally also has a high incidence of consanguineous marriage; thus, giving this study an added advantage of increased number of genetically acquired disorders. Since a detailed evaluation may not be possible in the community setting, this study was restricted to those children admitted in the hospital; which has also made possible to determine the prevalence of CHD in a hospital setting.…”

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Prevalence of extracardiac malformations associated with congenital heart disease

Bana

Mandal

Nagaraj

et al. 2018

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Congenital heart disease is defined as a gross structural abnormality of the heart or intrathoracic great vessels that is actually or potentially of functional significance. This study aims to know the prevalence of occurrence of extra cardiac malformations in patients with CHD, based on clinical features and necessary investigations when required and to study whether these extracardiac malformations occur as a part of a known syndrome or they occur in isolation.Methods: This study is a cross sectional hospital based observational study, carried out in the Department of Paediatrics, Dr. B. C. Roy Postgraduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, Kolkata over two years from July 2014 to June 2016. A thorough general physical examination, vitals, anthropometry was undertaken. Systemic examination was done in all cases according to the study proforma. CHD was confirmed by X-ray chest, Electrocardiography, Echocardiography.Results: Twenty-three percentages (23%) of the patients were found to have an associated major ECM. Down syndrome was the most commonly identified syndrome in the present study accounting for 50% of the patients of CHD with an associated syndrome. The most common CHD among patients with Down syndrome were multiple CHD and VSD.Conclusions: Whenever more than 1 minor anomalies are found, a careful search for an underling major malformation such as CHD should be made. In all cases of congenital heart diseases with associated extracardiac malformations, effort should be made by the treating pediatrician to rule out an associated syndrome; so that parents can be counselled about prognosis, recurrence in the subsequent pregnancies.

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Heart Disease Screening of Schoolchildren in Taiwan

Yu¹,

Lue²,

Wu³

et al. 2009

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Intervention: A 2-level heart disease screening program was undertaken. Level 1 screening included a history questionnaire and phonocardiography and electrocardiography. Level 2 screening consisted of examination by a pediatric cardiologist of all children who had abnormal findings on level 1 screening. A control group comprised children whose level 1 screening results were normal. Children with abnormalities on level 2 screening were referred for a detailed cardiac evaluation. Main Outcome Measures: Previously unsuspected heart diseases. Results: Of 25 816 children undergoing the level 1 screening program, 5330 had positive findings, of whom 5235 underwent level 2 screening, along with 1104 children in the control group. The pediatric cardiologist referred 780 children to the hospital for full evaluation, including 18 controls and 114 patients with a previous diagnosis of heart disease. A total of 292 children, including 2 controls, had evidence of heart disease, which was previously unsuspected in 178 (61.0%). Excluding children with a previous diagnosis of heart disease, the sensitivity of the screening program was 82.6%. The specificity and the positive predictive value were 98.3% and 28.6%, respectively. Conclusion: The 2-level heart disease screening program has good sensitivity and detects asymptomatic but potentially life-threatening heart disease in some children.

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Epidemiological study of congenital heart disease

Cited by 68 publications

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Screening of School Children for Operable Congenital Heart Diseases in Rural Area

Screening of School Children for Operable Congenital Heart Diseases in Rural Area

Prevalence of extracardiac malformations associated with congenital heart disease

Heart Disease Screening of Schoolchildren in Taiwan

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