CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES IN AZERBAIJAN: THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF A MATERNAL SOMATIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY

Objective. To study the incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in the newborn and the frequency of the specific features of the history of mothers having neonates with CHD in Azerbaijan. Subjects and methods. Five hundred and forty-eight CHD children born in 2000-2005 in Azerbaijan were followed up. During the above period, the diagnosis of CHD was established on the basis of clinical and postmortem findings. The study included all the regional registry infants with CHD who were born alive or dead or died. Only cases of CHD in infants the parents of whom were the residents of Azerbaijan were considered. Results. In the study period, the average long-term population frequency for CHD was 2.5:1000, which was below the international registry values (5.0:1000-7.0:1000) and may be associated with the low diagnosis rates of these malformations in the newborn. The largest proportion among the antenatal factors included female extragenital pathology, complicated current pregnancy, the high rate of maternal urogenital infection and gynecological diseases in infants with CHD, and their family history of malformations. Conclusion. Information on the rate of CHD in Azerbaijan has been first obtained in accordance with the international principles for monitoring systems.

congenital heart disease, neonatal infants, maternal history