Heart Defects, Congenital/physiopathology

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Review Article

Applications of the Myocardial Strain Study using Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking in Pediatrics

Gabriela Nunes Leal

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Original Article

Knowledge about the Disease and the Practice of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease

Elisandra Furlan de Lima Campos et al. Lisiane Perin Melina Assmann Fernanda Lucchese Lucia Campos Pellanda

Abstract

Background

Knowledge about the disease itself can be important for self-care in patients with several problems and comprehends information about the diagnosis up to the most important clinical implications.

Objective

To identify the level of knowledge of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) about their illness, and to analyze the association between the level of knowledge and the practice of physical activity.

Methods

Cross-sectional study with 335 patients with CHD, aged 8 to 13 years, followed at a referral pediatric cardiology service in Southern Brazil. Patients were interviewed regarding their knowledge about CHD and a review of medical records was performed to obtain details on heart disease and procedures. A significance level p<0.05 was used.

Results

More than 50% of the children and adolescents did not know how to say the name of their disease or explain it. After adjusted OR (AOR), cyanotic patients in comparison to acyanotic ones (AOR: 2.29; 95%CI: 1.76-6.71; p = 0.019); children with lower level of schooling (AOR: 2.20; 95%CI: 1.81-5.86; p = 0.025); and those who did not practice physical activity (AOR: 1.88; 95%CI: 1.09-3.45; p = 0.011) showed potential for incorrect answers or did not know their disease.

Conclusion

Cyanotic children and adolescents, with a lower level of schooling and who did not practice physical activity, had little knowledge about their disease. It is necessary to develop educational intervention strategies to increase knowledge and change behavior in physical activity promotion, according to the CHD complexity. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(5):786-792)

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Editorial

Mortality for Critical Congenital Heart Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in Newborns. A Cohort Study

Andressa Mussi Soares

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is any change in the anatomy of the heart and its blood vessels that occurs within the first 8 weeks of gestation. The manifestation of CHD is very variable and may occur soon after birth or appear later in childhood or adolescence.

The incidence of CHD is 8 to 10 per 1000 live births, or one in one hundred births. In Brazil, 28,900 children are born with CHD per year (1% of the total birth), of which about 80% (23,800) need cardiac surgery, and half of them need to be operated in the first year of life.

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Applications of the Myocardial Strain Study using Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking in Pediatrics

Knowledge about the Disease and the Practice of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease

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Mortality for Critical Congenital Heart Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in Newborns. A Cohort Study

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