VALUE OF ECG AND CHEST X-RAY IN COMPARISON WITH ECHO IN DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE | ||
| Al-Azhar Journal of Pediatrics | ||
| Article 3, Volume 26, Issue 3, July 2023, Pages 3451-3461 PDF (302.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/azjp.2023.314956 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Echocardiography is the gold standard in diagnosis of congenital heart diseases in pediatric. Aim: To detect value of echocardiography in diagnosis of congenital heart diseases in pediatrics and to evaluate any possible correlation between echocardiographic finding and in comparison, to chest x-ray and electrocardiogram (ECG) findings. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study between 1st March 2020 and 28th February 2021 and prospective study between 1st March 2021 and 30th November 2021, this study of cases of congenital heart diseases will undertake in the inpatient and outpatient Al-Azhar Assuit hospital, pediatric cardiology unit. the study included eighty patients; their ages vary from (1 day to 18 years old) with a mean age of 10 (±3.5) months. Results: value of echo more specific and sensitive than CXR and ECG in the diagnosis of congenital heart diseases. Conclusion: So using echocardiography as gold standard in diagnosis of C.H.D is mandatory. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Congenital heart diseases; electrocardiogram; Chest X ray; Electrocardiography | ||
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