Cyanotic congenital heart diseases among Nigerian children

Cyanotic congenital heart disease.

The last 15 years have witnessed a very remarkable change in the attitude of the clinician towards cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is within the memory of many that it was the custom to make a simple diagnosis of congenital heart abnormality with cyanosis, and express the opinion that little or nothing could be done about it. Then there appeared the pioneer work of Abbott and others which...

Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

Adult cyanotic congenital heart disease.

The surgical treatment of cyanotic heart disease in the adult poses some technical difficulties in correcting severe anatomical deformities and compromised physiological states over a wide range of conditions. Various abnormalities and their surgical management have been reviewed. Forty-six patients over the age of 18 years have been operated with 10 operative deaths. Of the survivors, 63% have...

New prognostic criteria for children with cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Available oxygen and oxygen unloading capacity were determined at the time of cardiac catheterisation, from blood gas analysis, p 50 in vivo, and haemoglobin, in 79 children with cyanotic congenital heart disease, their age ranging from 2 weeks to 14 years. The patients were followed up for six months to find out how many of those without surgical intervention survived. Actuarial analysis showe...

Role of Pulmonary Angiography in Congenital Heart Diseases among Children

Objective: The aim of this study is to demonstrate MDCT (multi detector computerized scan) angiographic findings of various congenital vascular anomalies in pediatric patients. Material & Method: All the pulmonary angiography studies done in our department during the period of March 2012-February 2013 were evaluated to detect congenital heart diseases. Written informed consent was obtained. Rou...