Changing profile of congenital heart disease

In the past 20 years, considerable change has occurred in the profile of congenital heart disease regarding both diagnosis and treatment. The profile has changed from older to younger patients; the essence of this change has been from pediatric to infant to neonatal cardiology. There has been a shif...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1989-05, Vol.83 (5), p.790-791
Main Author: BENSON, D. W. JR
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava
Echocardiography
Heart
Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medical sciences
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Summary:In the past 20 years, considerable change has occurred in the profile of congenital heart disease regarding both diagnosis and treatment. The profile has changed from older to younger patients; the essence of this change has been from pediatric to infant to neonatal cardiology. There has been a shift from palliative to more definitive surgical procedures and a change from invasive (cardiac catheterization) to noninvasive (echocardiography) diagnostic methods. The profile has changed from definitive surgical treatment limited to simple lesions to surgical treatment of the most complex lesions. There has been steady improvement in the recognition of cases of congenital heart disease. Of all children admitted to hospitals for treatment of congenital heart disease, the portion less than three days of age has increased from 24% in 1969 to 1972 to 33% in 1982 to 1986.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.83.5.790