[Prevalence of congenital cardiopathies among newborn infants in a department of pediatric cardiology]

Clin Ter. 1996 Dec;147(12):627-33.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

This study consists of a prevalence congenital heart disease (CHD) registered in the Pediatric Cardiology Department of Umberto I General Hospital in Rome between January 1st 1992 and December 31-th 1993. Cases recorded in this period have been taken part of a larger study called Italian Multicentric Study for recording and follow-up of congenital heart disease (IMS-CHD); the purpose is to determine the prevalence of CHD in Italy and discover the outcome of affected children. In this duration, 187 new cases have been recorded, in which 63.6% had a single defect while 36.4% had multiple defects. These isolated defects were most frequently occurred (51.9%) following the stenosis of the pulmonary artery (15.5% and the defects of the interatrial septum (15%).

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Cardiology Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Sex Distribution