Abstract

FONSECA HERNANDEZ, Mercedes; PINA COBAS, Bertha  and  ACEVEDO FONSECA, Raúl. Cardiopatías congénitas asociadas a cromosomopatías. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1997, vol.69, n.2, pp.102-107. ISSN 0034-7531.

An investigation was carried out at the "Paquito González Cueto" Provincial Pediatric and Teaching Hospital, in Cienfuegos, to deepen into the knowledge of congenital cardiopathies and chromosomopathies and the association between them. To this end, it was conducted a study of 50 patients with chromosomic diagnosis registered at the Cytogenetics Laboratory, in Cienfuegos, from April, 1988, to January, 1992. These individuals underwent cardiovascular physical examination, chest X-ray, EKG, and echocardiography. This latter was only for those cases suspected of cardiopathy. Half of the patients presented congenital cardiopathy with greater frequency of the auroventricular duct plus inter-ventricular communication, and interauricular communication plus interventricular communication, which were connected mainly with Dow's syndrome. It is concluded that there is a high association between the chromosomic disease and congenital cardiopathy that reduces the survival index of patients with chromosomopathies.

Keywords : HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL [genetics]; HEART DEFECTS,CONGENITAL [epidemiology]; CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES.