Mumtaz Hassan, Naseer Ahmad, Farhat Mushtaq, Saqib Iqbal.
Congenital heart disease in children admitted to Childrens Hospital at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
J Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;6(1,2):334-8.

The exact incidence and prevalence of congenital heart disease in children is not known in Pakistan, as most of reported studies are hospital based. Considering increased consanginous marriages in our societies, risk is certainly more than other developed countries. This study was planned to look at the incidence of congenital heart disease in hospitalised patients to look at type of lesions usually seen, age of presentation and prognosis. High ventriculo-septal defects are commonest acyanotic lesion and Tetrology of Fallots is common amongst cyanotic lesions. These are similar to lesions seen in the developed countries. Multiple factors affect the prognosis in children with congenital heart disease in Pakistan, some have been highlighted in this study. Data and analysis of 206 patients is presented here.

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