Prevalence and profile of congenital heart disease in patients with Down syndrome. Omar Torrijos Herrera Pediatric Specialties Hospital. 2011-2018

Abstract

Introduction: Among patients with Down’s syndrome, there is a prevalence of congenital heart disease of 40-50%. Materials y Methods: The present is a descriptive, retrospective, transversal study in which will be evaluated the frequency of congenital heart disease in children with Down’s Syndrome attended in Omar Torrijos Herrera Pediatric Specialties Hospital between 2011 and 2018, and which congenital heart diseases are the most common in these population. Results: 53 patients were included in the study. It was found congenital heart disease in 54.7% of the cases. From these, 31.03% were ventricular septal defect (VSD), 20.69% were persistence of ductus arteriosus (PDA) and 13.79% auricular- ventricular septal defects (AVSD). Conclusions: The prevalence of congenital heart disease is similar to what is reported in literature. The congenital heart disease most frequent was ventricular septal defect. The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and the mortality was lower than the reported in literature.