Congenital Heart Disease-A Retrospective Study of 156 Cases in Senegal

Abstract

Results: During the study period, we retained 156 files with a hospital prevalence of 2.4%. The average pulse oxygen saturation of the patients was 89%. Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was the most frequent (45%), followed by atrial septal defect (ASD) (40%), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) (26%), pulmonary stenosis (16%), atrioventricular septal defect (ASD) (4%) and Tetralogy of Fallot (2%). The sex ratio was 0.89. 93.10% of the patients were aged up to 24 months (n=148) against 6.90% aged over 24 months (n=11). The average pulse oxygen saturation of the patients was 89%. Ventricular septal defect (VIC) was the most frequent (45%), followed by atrial septal defect (ASD) (40%), patent ductus arteriosus (PCA) (26%), pulmonary stenosis (16%), atrioventricular septal defect (VAD) (4%) and Tetralogy of Fallot (2%).The sex ratio was 0.89. Among the patients, 93.10% were aged up to 24 months (n=148) compared to 6.90% aged over 24 months (n=11). The average age of children was 9 months. Conclusion: CHD are a reality in Africa, their frequencies in all reported series are certainly underestimated due to the very limited means of diagnosis.