Congenital heart disease in Ugandan children.
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- 1 November 1966
- Vol. 28 (6) , 766-767
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.28.6.766
Abstract
A brief account of a 1-year survey of congenital heart disease among Ugandan children is presented. There were 44 children, 60% of whom were less than 1 yr. of age. The mean age was 2.4 yr. and the sexes were about equally represented. Most of the lesions were found in the expected numbers except atrial septal defect. This relatively asymptomatic lesion may have been missed tn rural clinics because of Its relatively Inconspicuous- signs. The distribution of congenital cardiac lesions in Ugandan children is probably no different from that of children living in the temperate zone.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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