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Successful introduction of interventional catheterisation and other paediatric cardiology services in a developing country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2012

Hideshi Tomita ,
Noriyuki Haneda ,
Takashi Higaki  and
Koichi Kataoka
Hideshi Tomita*
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Noriyuki Haneda
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Doremi Clinic, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Takashi Higaki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Stroke & Cardiovascular Center, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Ehime, Japan
Koichi Kataoka
Affiliation:
Pediatric Operating Suite and Intensive Care Unit, Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
*
Correspondence to: Dr H. Tomita, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama city, Kanagawa 224-8503, Japan. Tel: +81 45 949 7000; Fax +81 45 949 7117; E-mail: tomitah@med.showa-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Background

Providing care for children with cardiac disease remains a challenge in developing countries.

Materials and methods

Since 2001, a team of paediatric cardiologists has been visiting Mongolia to perform children's cardiac catheterisation, as well as screening children for cardiac disease. Considering the limited medical resources, as well as cost, risk, and benefit, we focused our activities on diagnostic consultation by echocardiography, transcatheter closure of persistent arterial duct, balloon dilation of valvar pulmonary stenosis and aortic coarctation, and diagnostic catheterisation.

Results

Up to 2011, we have completed echocardiography in 1200 patients; diagnostic catheterisations in 59 patients; and catheter interventions in 255 patients, including 224 for persistent arterial duct, 23 for valvar pulmonary stenosis, 6 for aortic coarctation, and a few others. We have visited 14 rural areas to screen for children's cardiac diseases. A total of 131 persistent ducts were closed with coils and a further 93 with a duct occluder. Migration of the coil or occluder to the pulmonary artery occurred once for each device. Pulmonary valvuloplasty was successful in 23 patients and a coarctation was effectively dilated in six patients.

Conclusions

The limited healthcare resources in developing countries such as Mongolia make catheter interventional procedures an attractive alternative to surgery in treating children with simple but critical congenital heart diseases. Introduction of the duct occluder extended the application of transcatheter occlusion of persistent arterial duct in Mongolia to larger vessels and avoided the expense of coil occlusion using multiple coils.

Keywords

Mongoliapersistent arterial ductduct occludercoil
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 405 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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