Preventive measurement for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) should be based on the etiologic aspects. Genetic factors account for 8 percent the cases, while primary environmental for only 2 percent and 90 percent pf the cases are caused by genetic-environmental interaction (multifactorial inheritance) Primary environmental factors could be reduced by vaccination of girls against Rubella and by av…
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are still important community health problem in developing countries. The aim of this diagnostic test was to determine the diagnostic role of plain chest roentgenogram in patients with rheumatic mitral valvular disease. Subjects were patients with rheumatic mitral disease without other vular lesions, congenital heart disease, or anemia, who visited th…
Heart puncture wounds are almost always fatal as these wounds lead to massive hemorrhage, dysrythmia, and tamponade or submerges the heart. Management of anesthesia of these cases consist of the standard cardiopulmonary resuciation, the maintenance of airway, adequate ventilation, and circulation by ensuring adequate fluids. Premedications is not always needed as intubation has usually been per…