Trends in diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects in the Podkarpacie province in 2002-2004, based on data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations

Aneta Górska-Kot; Witold Błaz; Ewa Pszeniczna; Józef Rusin; Anna Materna-Kiryluk; Ewa Homa; Grazyna Hejda; Józef Franus

doi:10.1007/BF03194621

Trends in diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects in the Podkarpacie province in 2002-2004, based on data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations

J Appl Genet. 2006;47(2):191-4. doi: 10.1007/BF03194621.

Authors

Aneta Górska-Kot¹, Witold Błaz, Ewa Pszeniczna, Józef Rusin, Anna Materna-Kiryluk, Ewa Homa, Grazyna Hejda, Józef Franus

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, County Hospital, Tatarska 36, 37-200 Przeworsk, Poland. anetakot@op.pl

PMID: 16682763
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194621

Abstract

This paper presents results of data collection regarding congenital heart defects (CHD) for the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations (PRCM) from the Podkarpacie province in 2002-2004. Routine methods (fetal echocardiography, clinical examination) and recently also unique methods (screening echocardiography and pulse oximetry) were used for early detection of critical cardiac malformations. Critical CHD were detected there in 107 newborns in 2002-2004, so the mean prevalence reached 1.71/1000. Within this group, death rate decreased from 8 deaths in 2002 to 2 deaths in 2004, mainly thanks to improved detection and treatment of CHD.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Poland / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Registries
Ultrasonography, Prenatal