UNLABELLED The extent of congenital heart disease in Cameroon remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence and pattern of congenital heart diseases in the Cardiac Centre of St Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, situated in a rural area of Cameroon. METHODS Between November 2002 and November 2008, a population of 2 123 patients with suspected cardiac patholo...

3. Rhee EK, Evangelista JK, Nigrin DJ, Erickson LC. Impact of anatomic closure on somatic growth among small asymptomatic children with secundum atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85: 1472-1475. 4. Vaidyanathan B, Nair SB, Sundaram KR, Babu UK, Shivaprakaste K, Rao SG, et al. Malnutrition in children with congenital heart disease (CHD): determinants and short-term impact of corrective int...

BACKGROUND Smaller studies and many case series reports indicate that congenital heart defects may be more common in monochorionic twins than in dichorionic twins and singletons. METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated congenital heart defect occurrence in all twins and 5% of all singletons born in Denmark in 1977-2001 and followed through 2006 by linking the Danish Twin Registry and Statistics D...

Familial occurrence of arrhythmias has been described only rarely in the past. Bacos, Eagan, and Orgain (1960) reported a family group, including three generations, with nodal bradycardia; and Wallgren and Agorio (1960) described congenital complete A-V block in three sibs, two of whom died in the neonatal period. Another group also including three generations, some members of which had congeni...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, affecting 1/700 live births. Among the clinical findings, one constant concern is the high prevalence of congenital heart disease. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and profile of congenital heart disease among patients attended at a Down syndrome outpatient clinic in southern Brazil between 2005 ...

Of 3,022 patients with congenital heart disease studied in the heart clinic of the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital during the last five years, 120 presented with signs of uncomplicated aortic stenosis giving an incidence of 4% of all cases of congenital heart disease. Swan, Wilkinson, and Blount (1958) noted an incidence of 5% of all patients in their congenital heart disease clinic. It has...

OBJECTIVE To assess the changing profile of infective endocarditis in patients with congenital heart disease. METHODS All cases diagnosed from 1966 to 2001 (revised Duke criteria) were retrospectively reviewed and categorised in periods I (< 1990) and II (>or= 1990). RESULTS 153 episodes occurred, 81 in period I and 72 in period II. Mean age of affected patients was higher in period II. Non...

Background Left-to-right shunting in acyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of defect childhood disease. Limited access to specialist health services causes delays CHD management. In limited resource settings, identification factors that influence occurrence pulmonary hypertension important order decide which patients should be prioritized for closure prevent further c...