[Clinical epidemiological retro prospective studies on the incidence and prevalence of cardiac congenital abnormalities in a group of 1570 children, born in Iaşi between 2000-2009]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2010 Oct-Dec;114(4):1125-9.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Material and method: The study has been conducted on a period of ten years and it included 1570 children with congenital abnormalities (CA), of which 371 (24%) were cardiac abnormalities, 312 (20%) were skeletal abnormalities, 55 (3%) were Down Syndrome and 832 (53%) were other pathologies.

Results: 48% of the 371 children that were diagnosed with cardiac CA were males, while 52% were females; 52% of the children were from the city, while 48% were from the country-side; 42% of the children have been born prematurely, while 58% of them have been born at normal term. 38% of the children had an APGAR score lower than 7 and 62% of them had an APGAR score higher than 7. Of the total number of births, 72% were caesarian births and 28% were natural births. The different types of Cardiac CA that have been encountered in the study were atrioventricular canal (56%), transposition of the great vessels (18%), common arterial trunk (10%), atrial septal defect (8%), ventricular septal defect (5%) and tetralogy of Fallot (3%). 66% of the total number of deaths were represented by those with cardiac pathology, 21% were caused by hydrocephalus, 7% were caused by diaphragmatic hernia, 4% had renal CA, while 2% were caused by other pathologies.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / epidemiology*
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
  • Adolescent
  • Bone and Bones / abnormalities
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Down Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / epidemiology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / epidemiology
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / epidemiology
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data