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Spectrum of paediatric cardiac diseases: a study of 15,066 children undergoing cardiac intervention at a tertiary care centre in India with special emphasis on gender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2010

Viralam S. Kiran ,
Parrimala P. Nath  and
Sunita Maheshwari
Viralam S. Kiran*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, India
Parrimala P. Nath
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, India
Sunita Maheshwari
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr V. S. Kiran, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences, No. 258/1, Bommasandra Industrial area, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore 560099, India. Tel: +91 80 27835000; Fax: +91 80 27832648; E-mail: drkiranvs@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives

To analyse the relative frequency and gender ratios in the procedures (both surgical and catheter-based interventions) performed for cardiac diseases in Indian children.

Background

Not many studies are available in the developing countries with regard to the prevalence, relative frequency, or gender distribution of cardiac diseases in children. As universal newborn screening is not carried out for congenital cardiac diseases, the statistics are difficult to ascertain. Do female and male children with cardiac disease get equal parental preference in terms of surgical correction and catheter interventions in India? This question is also unanswered.

Methods

Analysis of 15,066 consecutive Indian children aged <18 years who were operated upon or had catheter intervention at a single tertiary care centre. Relative frequency and male/female ratios of cardiac lesions in these children were determined and compared with the studies in literature.

Results

Overall male/female ratio in the study was 1.4:1. Ventricular septal defect was the most common lesion (24.2%) with male/female ratio of 1.5:1, followed by tetralogy of Fallot (18.7%, 1.6:1), atrial septal defect (14.4%, 0.9:1) and so on. Male children dominated the total number of procedures performed.

Conclusion

In most of the individual cardiac lesions, the relative frequency was different from that of international studies. The gender ratio for the majority of the individual type of cardiac problems was different from that of international references. These findings may suggest a preference for the male child in the treatment of cardiac diseases in India, which could possibly be related to social causes.

Keywords

Prevalenceventricular septal defecttetralogy of Fallotsocial issues
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 19 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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