Congenital heart defects. Varying degrees of severity; 25 percent of children with heart defects will have persistent cardiac problems in adulthood

In a population based study including 35,218 infants born alive during the 15-year period 1982-1996, 360 (1%) were diagnosed having a congenital heart defect (CHD). At a follow-up 3-18 years later (median 9.5 years) 154 patients (42.8%) were spontaneously cured, of whom 142 (92.2%) had ventricular septal defects (VSD). 42 patients (11.7%) had died, 22 of whom (52.4%) during the neonatal period (0-28 days after birth). A total of 119 patients (33.1%) underwent therapeutic procedures (surgery, catheter interventions), of whom 24 (20.2%) died. Of the 95 children surviving therapeutic procedures 54 (56.8%) had their defects completely repaired, while 41 (43.2%) had residual defects or cardiac sequelae, often of minor importance. Of 69 children (19.2%) with persistent untreated defects, 43 (62.3%) had VSD. A chromosomal disorder, various syndromes or extracardiac malformations occurred in 72 children (20%). The study underlines the fact that CHD presents itself in varying degrees of severity, including a high neonatal mortality rate as well as a high rate of spontaneous cure.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Lakartidningen - 99(2002), 5 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 378-83

Sprache:

Norwegisch

Weiterer Titel:

Medfødte hjertefeil. Stor variasjon i alvorlighetsgrad; 25 prosent av barn med hjertefeil vil rekrutteres til voksen alder med et persisterende kardialt problem

Beteiligte Personen:

Meberg, Alf [VerfasserIn]
Otterstad, Jan Erik [VerfasserIn]
Frøland, Gisle [VerfasserIn]
Lindberg, Harald [VerfasserIn]
Sørland, Svein Jan [VerfasserIn]

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English Abstract
Journal Article

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Date Completed 09.04.2002

Date Revised 15.11.2012

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM117656194