Spectrum of Congenital Heart Diseases in a Tertiary Care  Centre, Mysuru, Karnataka

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Congenital heart disease, children, spectrum.

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the common congenital lesions and the most

common cause of heart disease in children. According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of

CHD in India is 15% of all the cardiovascular disease.

Objective: To know the spectrum of congenital heart disease in a hospital set up.

Methods: A hospital based prospective study was carried out over a period of 16 months (Jan 2018– April

2019). All children below 14 years of age who were admitted with CHD confirmed by echocardiographic

study were included in the study. Detailed history was collected. The age, sex, clinical presentation and

echocardiographic findings were documented in a predesigned proforma.

Results: The total number CHD diagnosed were 113 and were more common among males (59.3%). The

commonest type of acyanotic CHD in our study was atrial septal defect (ASD) (31.8%) and cyanotic CHD

was tetralogy of Fallot (7.9%). The major clinical findings were the detection of tachpnoea (54.2%) followed

by murmur(38.4%) , tachycardia (33.9%) .

Conclusions: Most CHD were diagnosed in infancy with tachypnea being the most common presentation

with 73.5% of CHD were acyanotic CHD.

Rajani H S1 , Narayanappa D2 , Sunilkumar S3

1 Associate Professor, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics JSS Medical College, JSS

Academy of Higher Education and Research Mysore, India