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Shahla Roodpeyma,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (8-1993)
Abstract
During a period of four years between June, IS, 1988 to June, IS, 1992 one
hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) were admitted to
the pediatric department of Taleghani General Hospital. During the above period,
192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and CHF was the
cause of admission in 59.4% of them. Congenital heart disease (CHO) was the most
common cause (65 cases, 57%) of heart failure in this group, followed by rheumatic
heart disease (RHO) (26 cases, 23%) and cardiomyopathy (CM) (23 cases, 20%).
Sixty-five patients (57%) were male and forty-nine (43%) were female (M/F = 1.3/
I). The youngest patient was 2 days old while the oldest one had 13 years. The mean
age of the patients was 4.5 years. Forty-nine (43%) were under one year of age and
the majority (44/49, 90%) suffered from CHO. All the children with RHO were
between 6 to 13 years of age. 14 patients (12%) died. CHO was the most common
cause of death. The variations in the pattern of heart failure according to different age
groups in this study are compatible with those in other developing countries.
