Evolución clínica de los pacientes con comunicación interauricular en el área de cardiología del Hospital Clínica Alcívar durante el periodo comprendido desde enero 2016 hasta octubre 2020.

Abstract

Atrial septal defect corresponds to a defect in the interatrial septum, where a direct communication is established between both atrial chambers by shunting from left to right and overloading the atria with the right ventricle. The objective of the study is to characterize the symptoms of patients with atrial septal defect by studying the medical records at the Hospital Clínica Alcívar during the period from January 2016 to December 2020. The type of research used was Observational, cross-sectional, retrospective and analytical. Our sample is made up of 70 patients, which we have divided into 3 groups of age ranges: from 1 to 17 years old with a percentage of 54.29%, from 18 to 35 years old with 12.86% and from 36 to 80 years old with 32.86%. The mean age was 24 years, a mode of 1, a median of 14.50 and a standard deviation of 24 with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 80. The prevalence represents 10 to 15% of congenital heart disease in the adult stage but is more frequently found during the pediatric stage up to adolescence. The incidence corresponds to between 5 to 6 cases per 10,000 live births and is more frequent in males. In conclusion, the most frequent symptom was the heart murmur related to the type of foramen ovale present in both sexes and whose most frequent treatment was expectant without association with comorbidities.