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Background@#Congenital heart disease is the most common causes of major congenital malformations. Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents, globally, 28% of all congenital anomalies, with a prevalence of about 8 to 10 per 1000 people live births, and they mostly require corrective surgery.@*Objective@#To describe outcomes of congenital heart surgery in children under 15 years in Vientiane, Lao PDR.@*Methods@#We undertook retrospective analyses of children with CHD who underwent cardiac surgery by the ASD teams at the Laos-Luxembourg Heart Center, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane Capital, by reviewing the medical charts of patients discharged during 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2018.@*Results@#Of a total of 415 patients with CHD, 185 underwent cardiac surgery that were the simple lesion 62.1%; moderate lesion 36.0%, complex lesion 1.6%, respectively. The patients who met the inclusion criteria in this study were 158 with a median age of 51 months and those with preschool age of 52.0%. Corrective surgery was the commonest conducted at 98.1%. The major procedure was VSD closure at 34.8%. The post-operative complication found in 30.0%. Overall in hospital mortality rate was 8.8% (by RICHS-1 method). @*Conclusion@#Congenital heart disease surgery in children under 15 years old at Laos-Luxembourg Heart Center, Mahosot Hospital was significantly associated with post-operative complications and high mortality. Therefore, trainings on CHD surgery and Post-CHD surgery care must be urgently organized to the Lao cardiac surgeons and nurses to reduce complications and deaths.
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Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of Education (Edu) vaccine in National Program forPrevention and Eradication of Heart Attack (NPPEHA).Methods: This pretest–posttest designed study was held in the SAAOL Heart Center in different cities (Delhi,Kolkata, Bangalore, and Mumbai) of India from Nov 2016 to Dec 2017. Total 6,225 community people were enrolled.An educational counseling intervention (Edu vaccine) comprising: knowledge of heart, heart disease awareness,risk factor awareness, preventive measure awareness and diagnostic, and regular medical checkups were given tocommunity people with expert doctors through face-to-face interactions and video counseling. The effect of lifestylebased counseling was assessed through pre- and post-designed Edu vaccine questionnaire.Results: The results of this study showed a significant improvement in knowledge of heart (79.6%), heart diseaseawareness (87.8%), risk factor awareness (74.9%), preventive measure awareness (89.8%), diagnostic, and regularmedical checkups (84.7%), respectively.Conclusion: The results of this study showed a significant improvement in knowledge of heart (79.6%), heart diseaseawareness (87.8%), risk factor awareness (74.9%), preventive measure awareness (89.8%), diagnostic, and regularmedical checkups (84.7%), respectively. The first phase study of NPPEHA results conclude that lifestyle-based Eduvaccine is effective, and this tool is very easy to follow and heart attack prevention methods. The next phase ofNPPEHA program is ongoing and results are awaited.
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Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 84 pacientes que presentaron fibrilación auricular de nueva aparición en el posoperatorio de 300 intervenciones con circulación extracorpórea realizadas en el Cardiocentro del Hospital Provincial Docente "Saturnino Lora" de Santiago de Cuba, desde enero de 2011 hasta igual mes de 2012. En la serie, los más afectados fueron los mayores de 60 años (60,7 %) con un aumento en la frecuencia a medida que avanzó la edad. Hubo predilección por el sexo masculino y el hábito de fumar (79,0 %). Los antecedentes de hipertensión arterial, la intervención sobre la válvula mitral, así como el tiempo de paro anóxico mayor de 60 minutos, fueron los factores más notables. Aunque esta arritmia se diagnosticó en diferentes momentos del período posquirúrgico, en 48,8 % se presentó entre las primeras 24 y 48 horas.
A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 84 patients who developed new-onset atrial fibrillation after 300 surgeries with extracorporeal circulation performed at the Heart Center of "Saturnino Lora" Provincial Teaching Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January 2011 to January 2012. In the series the most affected were those older than 60 years (60,7 %) with an increasing frequency as age advanced. There was predominance in male sex and smoking habit (79,0 %). History of hypertension, mitral valve intervention, anoxic arrest time longer than 60 minutes were the most remarkable factors. Although this arrhythmia was diagnosed at different times after surgery, in 48,8 % it occurred in the first 24 and 48 hours.