Malformaciones congénitas del corazón en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca-Ecuador 1990-1999

Abstract

Descriptive clinical study in MoscosoM Hospital Vicente Corral 160 patients who had congenital heart malformations, information was taken from the clinical records. To determine the frequency according to the following variables: age, sex, classification, diagnostic method, associated pathology, complications, treatment and mortality rate in the period 1990-1999. Also known as congenital heart diseases are defined as anatomical lesions of the cardiac chambers, walls, valves, outflow tracts that are present at birth (quote ref.). In total 160 patients studied, noting that the most common heart disease is: 25.00 ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus 22.5 septal atrial 25.00persistencia ductus arteriosus 22.5comunicación 13.00; the most common heart disease combined (32) are CIV + PCA, CIA + EVP. eL 53.75son women, men 46.25son. From one to eleven months of age are diagnosed with a 35.62. After clinical diagnosis and chest X-ray, that cases took place in the 100de, echocardiography, electrocardiogram is used 48.12y at 45.39. The most common associated pathology is Down syndrome with 10.24, the most common complication is malnutrition 26.52. The surgical treatment performed 13.75se 13.75. The death rate is 14.38. The prevalence rate is 5.2 per 1,000 patient expenses