Etude descriptive de la CIV au Centre Hospitalier Mère-enfant le Luxembourg

Objective : This work aimed to determine the incidence, epidemiological, clinical, echocardiographic aspects, and treatment of ventricular septal defect (VSD) in mother-child Hospital “Le Luxembourg” in Bamako. Method : It was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted between September 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. It focused on children of both sexes seen in consultation or for echocardiography, in whom VSD was found in echocardiography. Were not included in the study VSD in complex malformations such as CAV, T4F, VU. Results : VSD was the first congenital heart disease with 39.4%. It was detected mainly in the first 2 years (66.7% of cases). The sex ratio Boys: Girls was 0.93. The perimembranous defect type and the VSD group II were dominant with respectively 76.8 and 57.4% of cases (38.9% IIa IIb 18.5%). A surgical indication was raised in 59.3% of cases based on clinical presentation and ultrasound data. Management was primarily medical, the high cost of surgical through evacuation is beyond the reach of our patients most of the time. Conclusion : VSD is the most common congenital heart disease, but its management is currently almost exclusively medical.