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Prevalence of congenital heart disease in a hospital from Manizales, Colombia between 2000 and 2008

Prevalencia de las cardiopatías congénitas en un hospital de la ciudad de Manizales , Colombia, años 2000 y 2008





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Acosta, J., Álvarez, C., Castaño Castrillón, J. J., Gaitán, L., León, A. M., Mariño, I., Quintero, E., Soto, A., & Castaño Valencia, O. (2009). Prevalence of congenital heart disease in a hospital from Manizales, Colombia between 2000 and 2008. Archivos De Medicina (Manizales), 9(2), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.9.2.1310.2009
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Acosta, J., Álvarez, C., Castaño Castrillón, J. J., Gaitán, L., León, A. M., Mariño, I., Quintero, E., Soto, A., & Castaño Valencia, O. (2009). Prevalence of congenital heart disease in a hospital from Manizales, Colombia between 2000 and 2008. Archivos De Medicina (Manizales), 9(2), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.9.2.1310.2009

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Johana Acosta
Carolina Álvarez
José Jaime Castaño Castrillón
Luisa Gaitán
Ana María León
Ingrid Mariño
Elina Quintero
Andrés Soto
Oscar Castaño Valencia

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Objective: to identify the most prevalent congenital heart disease, age at time of diagnose, prevalence by gender, to determine the most commonly used diagnostic methods, treatment received, and patient evolution in patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease between 2000 and 2008 in the Children’s University Hospital “Rafael Henao Toro” from Manizales (Caldas, Colombia).
Materials and methods: A cross-type study was performed in which were analyzed from August 2008 until February 2009, 105 medical records of patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease.
Results: Among 105 patients 51.4% were female 67.6% were from urban areas, the most prevalent defect was interauricular communication 48.6%; in the 99.0% of cases the bidimensional echocardiography was used as a paraclinical diagnostic method; the 28.6% used furosemide as medical treatment. The population showed a survival of 87.6%.
Conclusions: This study showed that the higher prevalence of congenital heart disease were IAC 48.6% and IVC 46.7%, and in females 51.4%.

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