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ArticleSaudi medical journal2020

The trends and patterns of congenital heart diseases at Madinah Cardiac Center, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Saad Q Khoshhal, Abdulkader M Albasri, Mohamed Mofeed F Morsy, Abdulhameed A Alnajjar

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Saad Q KhoshhalDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. drsaad68@hotmail.com.
Abdulkader M Albasri
Mohamed Mofeed F Morsy
Abdulhameed A Alnajjar
Sohag University · EGSaud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo characterize the pattern of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

methodsWe retrospectively collected and analyzed the demographic and diagnostic details of all patients with CHDs referred at Madinah Cardiac Center (MCC) over a period of 3 years from January 2017 to December 2019.

resultsDuring the study period, 1,127 patients with CHDs were identified. The male to female ratio was 1.1:1, with a mean age of 8.4±2.4 years. The acyanotic CHDs were the predominant lesions, accounting for 84.8% of all cases, while the cyanotic types accounted for 13%. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), ventricular  septal defects (VSD), atrial septal defects (ASD), coarctation of the aorta (CoA), and atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) were the most common acyanotic CHDs and represented 27.9%, 24.8%, 18.9%, 6.4%, and 4.4% of the total cases, respectively. Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) (8.7%), followed by transposition of the great arteries (TGA) (1.7%) and truncus arteriosus (1.1%), were the most common cyanotic CHDs. There was a male predominance of VSD, ToF, CoA, TGA, and truncus arteriosus. In contrast, PDA, ASD, and AVSD were more common in females.  Conclusion: The pattern of CHDs observed in our study and age at which the diagnosis of CHDs was made were different from the other national and international studies, which points to a diagnostic issue along with problems of awareness on the part of the general population.

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AdolescentAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePrevalenceRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaSex Factors

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PMID32893280
PMCPMC7557563
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