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Revista Costarricense de Cardiología

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Abstract

MARTIN DELGADO, Eusebio del Mar et al. Incidencia de las cardiopatías congénitas en el menor de un año. Villa Clara, 1998 -2002. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2003, vol.5, n.1, pp.19-24. ISSN 1409-4142.

Background: We surveyed the incidence of congenital Heart disease en 50432 native live born children en the period between 1/1/98 to 31/12/2002 in Villa Clara, Cuba.   Methods: Each child with clinically suspected congenital heart disease underwent echocardiographic examination. Cardiac cauterization and surgical intervention were carried out at the discretion of the patient's pediatric cardiologist. All postmortem examinations were performed. Children with congenital heart disease were registered in a computerized database and followed up for a year.   Result: Congenital heart disease was diagnosed in 466 of the 50432 children for an incidence of 9.24/1000 live births.   Conclusion: The reason for this incidence is due to the structure and function of our cardiopediatric net, where all suspicious patients are evaluated, referred to and followed up by a single group of pediatric cardiologists, freely available health care service and echocardiographic examination of every child with a clinical diagnosis of congenital heart disease. The patent ductus arteriosus and ventricular septal defects showed a high incidence due to early diagnosis before the moment of spontaneous closure.

Keywords : Congenital heart disease; incidence.

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