Table 1.
Spectrum of diagnoses
| Diagnosis |
Number (n= 250) |
Percentage of total |
|---|---|---|
|
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE | ||
| Ventricular septal defect |
60 |
24.0 |
| Tetralogy of Fallot |
25 |
10.0 |
| Patent ductus arteriosus |
18 |
7.2 |
| Atrioventricular septal defect |
13 |
5.2 |
| Other cyanotic congenital heart disease |
11 |
4.4 |
| ● Transposition with VSD or variant – 3 |
|
|
| ● Double outlet right ventricle – 5 |
|
|
| ● Other – 3 |
|
|
| Atrial septal defect |
5 |
2.0 |
| Pulmonary stenosis |
3 |
1.2 |
| Aortic stenosis |
2 |
0.8 |
| Coarctation of the aorta |
1 |
0.4 |
| Marfan’s syndrome with aortic regurgitation |
1 |
0.4 |
|
AQUIRED HEART DISEASE | ||
| Rheumatic heart disease |
56 |
22.4 |
| Dilated cardiomyopathy |
34 |
13.6 |
| Other cardiomyopathy |
8 |
3.2 |
| ● Duchenne – 1 |
|
|
| ● Hurler’s – 2 |
|
|
| ● Mitochondrial – 1 |
|
|
| ● Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – 1 |
|
|
| ● Discompacted left ventricle – 3 |
|
|
| Endomyocardial fibrosis |
5 |
2.0 |
| Pericarditis |
5 |
2.0 |
| ● Acute tuberculosis – 2 |
|
|
| ● Constrictive – 2 |
|
|
| ● Pneumococcal – 1 |
|
|
| Secondary pulmonary hypertension |
3 |
1.2 |
| ● Upper airway obstruction – 1 |
|
|
| ● HIV infected – 1 |
|
|
| ● Schistosomiasis – 1 | ||