Abstract

VILLEGAS ARENAS, Oscar Alberto et al. Characterization of Congenital Heart Defects in Manizales 2010-2016. Rev. Med [online]. 2020, vol.28, n.1, pp.41-50.  Epub Dec 13, 2020. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.4313.

Congenital heart defects are the third cause of congenital malformations and one of the main causes of mortality in the neonatal period in the world; they originate from alterations in embryonic development. The incidence is variable; in Colombia, it is estimated that they affect 2 to 3% of live newborns. In 2015, 20.8% of children under the age of five affected with congenital heart defects died from these disorders. This is a descriptive and retrospective study. Data of 252 clinical records of patients diagnosed with congenital heart defect between 2010 and 2016 were included, showing that 56% of this population were female. Acyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases predominated (87%). The highest prevalence was patent ductus arteriosus (35.3%). Doppler echocardiography was used in 98.4% of cases; regarding management, 47.2% of patients were in follow-up, this being more common than medical or surgical alternatives. In conclusion patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect and interatrial septal defect are the most frequent acyanotic heart diseases in the population under study and they are associated with pulmonary hypertension that require higher follow-up. Tetralogy of Fallot was the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Keywords : congenital heart defects; interventricular septum defects; Doppler echocardiography; patent ductus arteriosus (DeCS).

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