Live births with ventricular septal defect: an epidemiological study.

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira , Luana Melo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Barros, Eliab Batista, Rêgo , Hosana Maria Araújo, Souza, João Victor Marques, Valandro , Bianca, Käfer, Ana Flávia Paludo, do Ó, Eduardo Sarmento, filho , Reginaldo pinto Pereira, Silva, Cláudia Karoline Maia Costa da, Peres, Gabriel de Lucas, Matos, Lúcia Helena da Ponte, Galindo, Bernardo de Almeida, Filho , Roberto de Andrade Garcia, Araújo, Fernanda Santos Gonçalves, Neto, Ayres Milano de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/967
• topic: Comunicação interventricular, cardiopatia congênita, Brasil.; Ventricular septal defect, congenital heart disease, Brazil.

Introduction: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a medical condition characterized by the presence of an opening or gap between the two ventricles of the heart, the lower chambers responsible for pumping blood to the body. This opening allows oxygenated blood, which should be pumped to the body, to mix with deoxygenated blood, causing an overload on the lungs and consequently on the heart. Methodology: The exploratory epidemiological study on live births with ventricular septal defect adopted an approach that combined data from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) of DATASUS and research from academic sources, such as Google Scholar. Results: Analyzing the variable Color/Race, the data reveals a distribution among different ethnic groups. Most cases of congenital heart disease occurred in individuals of white ethnicity, totaling 1,449 cases, representing 58.57% of the total. Next, the brown ethnicity contributed 796 cases, equivalent to 32.17%. Conclusion: Understanding the incidence in different ethnic groups, gestation duration, and types of delivery provides a comprehensive overview, emphasizing the need for public health strategies that consider not only the cardiac condition itself but also associated socioeconomic and clinical factors.