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Table 1 Distribution and relative frequencies of CHD

From: Spectrum of heart diseases in children presenting to a paediatric cardiac echocardiography clinic in the Lake Zone of Tanzania: a 7 years overview

Diagnosis

Number

(N = 1371)

%

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

358

26.1

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

- PDA in premature infants

- PDA in other children

318

51

267

23.2

Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)

- AVSD in DS

144

98

10.5

Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF)

- ToF with pulmonary atresia

138

16

10.1

Secundum Atrial septal defect

98

7.1

Pulmonary stenosis

58

4.2

Truncus arteriosus

50

3.8

Double outlet right ventricle

47

3.4

Complex cyanotic CHD

36

2.6

Tricuspidatresia

26

1.9

Transposition of great arteries (TGA)

- TGA with large VSD

25

15

1.8

Others

73

5.3