Fig. 1. Pediatric Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures 1990-1999

 

Fig. 2. Device Closures

 

Fig. 3. Atrial Septostomies and Angioplasties

 

 

Comments:

        
      During a ten-year period from January 1990 to December 1999, the number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization in children was 314. Therapeutic cardiac catheterizations constituted 32% of all cardiac catheterizations in children. The incidence of congenital heart disease in Qatar is 12/1000 live births (1). This is higher than the reported prevalence of 2.8 to 7.64/1000 live births (2). However, the absolute number of patients is small since the number of live births is around 10,000 per year.
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                                                                                                                                             Andrej Robida, MD


Comments:

        
     
1. Robida A, Folger GM, Hajar HA. Incidence of congenital heart disease in Qatari children. Int J Cardiol 1997;60:19-22.

2. Rosenthal G. Prevalence of congenital heart disease. In: Garson A Jr, Becker JT, Fisher DJ, Neish SR, eds. The science and practice of pediatric cardiology. Vol 1. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1998:1083-1102.