Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Associate Professor and Pediatric Cardio, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla,Enugu, Nigeria

Publications

• Research Article   
  Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Among Children Attending Three Health Institutions: Clinical Correlates and Patients? Characteristics
  Author(s): Josephat M Chinawa*, Chika O. Duru, Awoere Tamunosiki Chinawa and Chukwu Bartholomew
  
  Background: Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is the commonest acyanotic congenital heart disease which presents with some clinical and post-operative characteristics. Objectives: This study is aimed at determining clinical and post-operative characteristics of children with VSD. Methods: An observational study, done in three institutions over a five-year period. Seven hundred and fifty-eight (758) echocardiography reports on children with cardiac defects were ascertained and a total of 151 children had VSD was extracted. Results: An observational study, done in three institutions over a five-year period. Seven hundred and fifty-eight (758) echocardiography reports on children with cardiac defects were ascertained and a total of 151 children with VSD were extracted, with a mean age of 3.3 ± 4.4 years.Th.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9880.21.12.681

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