title: Dermatoglyphic's in Congenital Cardiac Disease.
abstract: Various dermatoglyphic parameters like finger print pattern, atd angle, absolute ridge count & ab, bc ,cd, and ad ridge counts were observed in 150 cases of congenital cardiac disease, comprising of 72 cases of Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD), 60 cases of Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), 9 cases of Coarctation of Aorta (COA) & 9 cases of Tetralogy of Fallot's (TOF). Same dermatoglyphic parameters were also studied in 300 controls and statistical comparison of cases and controls was done. In our study it was observed that the congenital cardiac disease cases exhibited preponderance of whorls (55.8%) with decrease in loop pattern (36.2%) as compared to those of controls and the difference was highly significant (P<0.001). The difference in the mean total finger ridge count (TFRC) of the controls and of the cases of Congenital Cardiac Diseases (CCD) was found to be highly significant (P<0.001), while the  mean atd angle in the cases of Congenital Cardiac Disease (CCD) was widen up and was statistically significant too. The mean ab, the mean bc ridge, the mean cd ridge and the mean ad ridge counts were also higher in the various type of CCD as compared to that controls and on statistical comparison, the difference was found to be highly significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jodhpur Medical College, India.
authors.forename: Singh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brijendra
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jodhpur Medical College, India.
authors.forename: Gupta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jodhpur Medical College, India.
authors.forename: Agrawal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dushyant
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopeadics, Jodhpur Medical College, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Garg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajneesh
authors.affiliation: Saraswati Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital Tahirpur, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Katri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sunil
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Atd angle; Axial tri radius; Congenital cardiac disease; Dermatoglyphics; Finger prints; Palmar print; Ridge counts.