Congenital heart disease among school children in Shimla hills.

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dc.contributor.authorThakur, J Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorNegi, P Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorAhluwalia, S Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorBhardwaj, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned1995-05-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T04:20:50Z
dc.date.available1995-05-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T04:20:50Z
dc.date.issued1995-05-01en_US
dc.description.abstractA stratified random sample of 15,080 school going children out of 40,950 children in the age group of 5 to 16 years were screened for the prevalence of congenital heart disease and rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease. Thirty children were found to be suffering from definite congenital heart disease giving a prevalence of 2.25 per thousand. Atrial septal defect was the commonest lesion (38.2%) with a prevalence of 0.87 per thousand followed by ventricular septal defect (32.2%) with a prevalence of 0.73 per thousand. The prevalence of congenital heart disease was found to be significantly more in female (3.3 per thousand) than in male children (1.4 per thousand) (p < 0.05). Three (8.8%) cases had a family history of congenital heart disease. Rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease was found to have a significant prevalence among cases with congenital heart disease (8.8%) as compared to children without congenital heart disease (0.3%) (p < 0.001). The findings suggest the need for screening of family members of those suffering from congenital heart disease and that special attention be paid to the occurrence of rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease in cases of congenital heart disease.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Community Medicine, Cardiology and Paediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThakur JS, Negi PC, Ahluwalia SK, Sharma R, Bhardwaj R. Congenital heart disease among school children in Shimla hills. Indian Heart Journal. 1995 May-Jun; 47(3): 232-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/3858
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://indianheartjournal.comen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHeart Defects, Congenital --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshRheumatic Heart Disease --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleCongenital heart disease among school children in Shimla hills.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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