Epidemiology and Evaluation of Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease in Children- A Review
Ahmed Abdelsamie Fadl *
Doctor Samir Abbas Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Alazhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Yaslam Mabruk S. Alsaiari
Alnayriah General Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Khadijah Nasr Aldeen M. Dhafer
Al Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
Marwan Saleh S. Alharbi
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Rakan Hamdan M. Alelyani
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Rana Ali A. Hakami
Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Rawiah Yahya A. Mushari
Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Amani Yahya Hassan Jawhari
Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Rawan Ibrahim Alshawikhat
Baha University, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Mohammed S. Alqahtani
King Khalid University, College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Lafi Saleh L. Alanazi
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences, College of Medicine Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Structure abnormalities of the heart or intrathoracic great vessels that arise during fetal development are known as congenital heart disease (CHD). It is the most frequent type of birth defect. Despite great success in surgical and medicinal care of CHD. many operations are palliative rather than curative. and some survivors still have significant residual hemodynamic and electrical conduction abnormalities. as well as long-term cardiovascular problems. The field of congenital heart defect treatment has come a long way in its infancy. With heart problems that were an automatic death sentence 60 years ago, to contemporary surgical survival rates of more than 96 percent for all defects evaluated together. No other branch of research or medicine has done so much in such a short time. In this paper, we overview epidemiology, evaluation and management of congenital cyanotic heart diseases in children.
Keywords: Heart disease, congenital heart disease, cardiovascular problems