title: Spectrum of congenital heart diseases in Kashmir, India.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of case-records data of 53,653 patients (0-18 years) over a two and half year period was conducted to ascertain the spectrum of congenital heart diseases. Two hundred and twenty one patients were found having congenital heart diseases; a prevalence of 4.1/1000. Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was the most frequent lesion seen in 69 (31.2%), followed by patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in 36 (16.3%) children. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) was the most frequent cyanotic heart disease seen in 17 (7.8%) patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, G.B. Pant General Hospital, Kashmir, India. aashraf_05@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khajuria
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Reyaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies