title: Prevalence of congenital heart diseases in oral cleft patients.
abstract: To establish the prevalence of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in cleft patients, the type of cleft and the presence of a syndrome were coded in 220 patients. A Doppler echocardiogram with color-flow mapping (DE) was obtained in all patients. Mean age was 112.0 +/- 101.2 months (range, 1-576 months), and 56.8% (125) were males. Cleft lip and palate occurred in 144 patients (65.5%), cleft lip in 40 (18.2%), and cleft palate in 36 (16.4%). Cleft palates were more frequent among females. Twenty-four CHDs were diagnosed in 21 of 220 patients (9.5%): 7 mitral valve prolapses, 6 atrial septal defects, 4 patent ductus arteriosus, 3 ventricular septal defects, 2 cases of tetralogy of Fallot, 1 pulmonary stenosis, and 1 bicuspid aortic valve. The presence of CHD did not correlate with the type of cleft. Syndromes occurred in 28 patients (12.7%), and this association was higher among patients with a cleft palate.
authors.affiliation: Ecocenter, Hospitals Vera Cruz and Socor, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: C M G
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Codorniz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors