Aspectos epidemiológicos das cardiopatias congênitas corrigidas cirurgicamente em cidade do Nordeste do Brasil.

Abstract

Congenital heart defects are cardiac abnormalities present from birth. They are classified in cyanotic and acyanotic, and Interventricular communication, the most prevalent defect.There are few data in the Northeastern Brazil on the prevalence of those malformations.Objective: To observe the prevalence of surgical procedures for congenital heart defects correction and the clinical and epidemiological data of those patients in Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study through medical records analysis of the patients attended in a Clinic which is considered as a reference at the evaluated city, who underwent surgery between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2014. Tabulating data and statistical analysis were performed through computational environment SPSS, version 21 . Results: 265 patients underwent correction of isolated or associated with congenital heart diseases; 147 (55.5%) were females and 118 (44.5%) were male; 22.6% were between 0-11 years of age; 10.9% between 12- 18 years; 35.8% between 19 - 59 years, 1.9% from 60 years on and 28.7% had no data of birth in the records. The most prevalent types of heart disease were: Atrial Communication (45.3%); Interventricular communication (19.6%); Persistent ductus arteriosus (23.4%) and other types of congenital heart defects (11.7%). Conclusion: The prevalence of atrial septal defect in acyanotic heart disease differs from data in the literature. The prevalence of corrections was higher among adults. These data points to a deficiency in the early diagnosis of congenital heart diseases in Campina Grande-PB.