Open AccessStructural heart disease in Nigerian children
Author(s) -
Mustafa O Asani,
M U Sani,
Kamilu M. Karaye,
SI Adeleke,
Urara Baba
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v14i4.37190
Subject(s) - heart disease , medicine , pediatrics , disease , valvular heart disease , health care , economics , economic growth
Cardiovascular diseases both in adults and children constitute a major public health problem and structural heart diseases are an important group of disorders in children worldwide. The pattern of this group of disorders however, varies between regions and countries and even within countries. Recognizing the structural cardiac conditions that prevail in a particular area is important in health planning and for improving health care services. The present survey sets out to describe the pattern of structural heart diseases among children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano from our echocardiography data.