title: [Special heart diagnosis in the 1st year of life. An analysis of 1,131 infants with congenital heart defects 1972-1983].
abstract: In the years 1972-1983, 1131 infants below one year of age have been investigated by means of heart catheterization and angiography, some only by echocardiography,--if necessary--operated and followed for at least one year. Ventricular septal defect was the most frequent congenital heart defect (16.6%), followed by transposition of the great arteries (12.1%), AV-canal (9.1%) and patent ductus arteriosus (8.1%). 58.3% of all patients had more than one lesion, 27.6% had critical lesions, which caused symptoms and had to be cured during the first month of life. 63.3% of patients with critical lesions were male. Clinical diagnosis could be improved considerably by means of echocardiography: in contrast to the years 1972-1974, where only in 49% of patients a clinical diagnosis was known before heart catheterization, this was the case in 73.1% in the years 1981-1983. Additional malformations of other organs were found in 28.6%, 19.9% had a birthweight below 2.5 kg. Concerning the various diagnoses, there were no regional or seasonal differences. The general rate of heart defects is said to be 0.8%, familiarity was 4.5%. Frequency of operations was 64.4%, mortality 37.4%, which could be improved by 10% in comparison of the beginning to the end of the time of observation.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für pädiatrische Kardiologie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Schmaltz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaible
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apitz
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Spezielle Herzdiagnostik im ersten Lebensjahr. Eine Analyse von 1131 Säuglingen mit angeborenen Herzfehlern aus den Jahren 1972-1983.