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Mid And Long Term Follow Up Of 50 Pediatric Cardiac Chadians Operated In France From 2003 To 2012, Neguemadji N. Ngaba, Jean Philippe Lesbre, Namrata Hange, Maria Kezia Lourdes Ligsay Pormento, Molly Sanjay Jain, Manoj Kumar Reddy Somagutta, Vikash Jaiswal, Uzoego Nwakaku Chibuzo, Imteyaz A. Khan, Sana Irfan Khan
Mid And Long Term Follow Up Of 50 Pediatric Cardiac Chadians Operated In France From 2003 To 2012, Neguemadji N. Ngaba, Jean Philippe Lesbre, Namrata Hange, Maria Kezia Lourdes Ligsay Pormento, Molly Sanjay Jain, Manoj Kumar Reddy Somagutta, Vikash Jaiswal, Uzoego Nwakaku Chibuzo, Imteyaz A. Khan, Sana Irfan Khan
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications
Introduction
Cardiac valvular diseases (CVDs) are the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality globally, with predominance of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in developing countries. Congenital heart defects (CHD) diagnoses are delayed due to socioeconomic factors. This study aims to evaluate the post-operative surgical outcomes of CHD and valvular RHD.
Methods
This study is conducted with 50 patients from Chad, operated on between 2003 and 2012. Post-operative outcomes are evaluated from 2010 to 2012.
Results
With the follow-up of 19 RHD patients who underwent plasty, 8 (42.1%) had no complications, 4 (21%) presented with mild regurgitation, 7 (36.8%) required re-operation …