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Table 2 Need for further assessment or treatment

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

Condition

Number

(N = 1371)

%

Mild CHD without need for surgery

392

28.6

Indication for surgery / intervention given

825

60.1

Diagnostic catheterization needed

96

7.0

Signs of severe pulmonary hypertension

41

3.0

Patient in critical clinical condition who died shortly after diagnosis

17

1.2