Paediatric Echocardiography in Jos University Teaching Hospital: Problems, Prospects and Preliminary Audit

Pattern of cardiac diseases among children in a tertiary hospital in North Central, Nigeria: A three and half years retrospective cohort echocardiographic study

“…This is similar to what was reported from other part of the country and Malawi. 4,5,8,9,12 Most cases of uncorrected TGA usually die in infancy except when a shunt that allows for survival is present as was the case in the one patient here (at 84 months) who had an associated ASD. Similar reports in a 4 and 13 year olds had been documented.…”

“…Similar reports in a 4 and 13 year olds had been documented. 4 Of the Acquired heart disease (AHD) observed among this cohort, the presence of hypertensive heart disease in one of them is surprising. It is not a common finding among children.…”

“…10 The spectrum of cardiac diseases seen among these children in our study is similar to what has been documented in literature, with CHD been the most prevalent cardiac disease and VSD the commonest type. 4,5,8,9,[11][12][13] A recent review of the trends and patterns of congenital heart disease in Nigeria over a five decades period also showed that acyanotic CHD is the most common form with VSD as the most prevalent. 13 Of the cyanotic CHD, TOF was the most common type encountered.…”

“…[3] In Nigeria, heart disease has been recognized as a major contributor to childhood morbidity and mortality. [4] Although data on national prevalence of heart disease among children is lacking, reports of studies conducted by individuals from different parts of the country [4][5][6][7] have documented the various type of cardiac diseases and the prevalence encountered among children in those areas.…”

Clinical Characteristics of Children with Pulmonary Vein Abnormalities in a Tertiary Centre in an Urban Community in Nigeria

“…There have been other reports on Congenital Heart Disease in Nigeria, but no case of APVC was mentioned. 11,12 In Nigeria, there are very few Paediatric centres with echography machine with doppler facility and expertise which may explain why only very few cases of abnormal pulmonary veinous connections have been reported. To the best of the authors knowledge, there has been no report in Nigeria on the clinical characteristics of children with anomalous or abnormal pulmonary venous connections hence the need for this study which aim to describe the clinical characteristics of subjects with abnormal pulmonary veinous connections to be able emphasize the need to look out for these subjects to enable improved outcome by early diagnosis and prompt intervention in these subjects.…”