WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Hasson Muhsin Hussein, Manhal Zuhair Hammoodi and Aysar Mohammed Taha

ABSTRACT

Background: Congenita l heart disease (CHD) is among the most prevalent congenital conditions that affect neonates and infants. CHD have a major effect on morbidity, mortality, and medical expenses. There is variation in the pattern of CHDs in different geographical areas, and there have been reports of varying global CHD prevalence. Objectives: Is to identify the occurrence of specific types of CHD among hospitalized infants and to estimate the CHD effect on the infants’ growth. Methods: This is descriptive, retrospective, cros s sectional study included 113 infants with congenital heart disease attending the department of pediatric medicine at Ibin Al Atheer Teaching Hospital, from January 2024 to the end of December 2024. For each patient, the following data had been collected: age, sex, cause of admission, and the growth parameters. The diagnosis of CHD was made by electrocardiography, chest x ray and by M mode two dimensional echocardiography examinations. Results: Out of 3951 patients, 113 (2.8%) had congenital heart disease were admitted to Ibin Al Atheer Teaching hospital in Mosul. The most common congenital heart disease (CHD) were ventricular septal defect (54.8%), tetralogy of Fallot (17.6%), Patent ductus arteriosus (12.3%), Transposition of great arteries (6.1%), Pulmon ary stenosis (5.3%), and Atrial septal defect (ASD) (3.5%). The most common mode of presentation was respiratory tract infection and heart failure in a cyanotic patients and cyanosis in cyanotic groups. The study found only Patent ductus arteriosus and Atr ial septal defect were more common in female while all other lesions were equal male to female ratio or slightly more common in male. Conclusion: Ventricular septal defect is the most common type of congenital heart disease and the most common cause of morbidity, while ASD and PS is the least cause of morbidity in patients with congenital heart disease. Growth failure is common in patients with left to right shunts while it is uncommon in cyanotic patients.