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Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Congenital abnormalities of the heart and cardiovascular system are reported in almost 1% of live births, and about half of these children need medical or surgical help in infancy. In the first decade, a further 25% require surgery to maintain or improve their life. Only 10% survive to a...

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Autores principales: Ejim, EC, Anisiuba, BC, Oguanobi, NI, Ubani-Ukoma, BC, Nwaneli, UC, Ugwu, C, Ike, SO
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221697
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.139297
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author Ejim, EC
Anisiuba, BC
Oguanobi, NI
Ubani-Ukoma, BC
Nwaneli, UC
Ugwu, C
Ike, SO
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Anisiuba, BC
Oguanobi, NI
Ubani-Ukoma, BC
Nwaneli, UC
Ugwu, C
Ike, SO
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description BACKGROUND: Congenital abnormalities of the heart and cardiovascular system are reported in almost 1% of live births, and about half of these children need medical or surgical help in infancy. In the first decade, a further 25% require surgery to maintain or improve their life. Only 10% survive to adolescence without treatment. Of these 10%, however, many live a normal life for years before their abnormality is discovered. AIM: The aim of this study was to find the most common congenital heart diseases in adults presenting for echocardiographic examination in Enugu, and to determine whether there are any gender differences in frequency. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The consecutive echocardiogram reports of 5058 adults done over a period of 9 years (2003-2012) were retrospectively reviewed. All adults who had congenital anomaly on transthoracic echocardiography were included in the study. RESULTS: Congenital heart diseases were found in 115 adults representing 2.5% of the adult population (115/4539). The most common congenital anomalies were ventricular septal defects (VSD) - 31.3%, (36/115), atrial septal defects - 28.7% (33/115) and tetralogy of fallot - 10.4% (12/115). CONCLUSION: VSD are the most common congenital heart diseases in adults presenting for echocardiographic examination in Enugu, Nigeria.
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spelling pubmed-41606732014-09-14 Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria Ejim, EC Anisiuba, BC Oguanobi, NI Ubani-Ukoma, BC Nwaneli, UC Ugwu, C Ike, SO Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Congenital abnormalities of the heart and cardiovascular system are reported in almost 1% of live births, and about half of these children need medical or surgical help in infancy. In the first decade, a further 25% require surgery to maintain or improve their life. Only 10% survive to adolescence without treatment. Of these 10%, however, many live a normal life for years before their abnormality is discovered. AIM: The aim of this study was to find the most common congenital heart diseases in adults presenting for echocardiographic examination in Enugu, and to determine whether there are any gender differences in frequency. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The consecutive echocardiogram reports of 5058 adults done over a period of 9 years (2003-2012) were retrospectively reviewed. All adults who had congenital anomaly on transthoracic echocardiography were included in the study. RESULTS: Congenital heart diseases were found in 115 adults representing 2.5% of the adult population (115/4539). The most common congenital anomalies were ventricular septal defects (VSD) - 31.3%, (36/115), atrial septal defects - 28.7% (33/115) and tetralogy of fallot - 10.4% (12/115). CONCLUSION: VSD are the most common congenital heart diseases in adults presenting for echocardiographic examination in Enugu, Nigeria. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4160673/ /pubmed/25221697 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.139297 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ejim, EC
Anisiuba, BC
Oguanobi, NI
Ubani-Ukoma, BC
Nwaneli, UC
Ugwu, C
Ike, SO
Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title_full Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title_fullStr Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title_short Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults: A Review of Echocardiogram Records in Enugu, South-East Nigeria
title_sort congenital heart diseases in adults: a review of echocardiogram records in enugu, south-east nigeria
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221697
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.139297
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