Analysis of the results of ECG and ECHOCG of newborns with interatrial communications

The birth of children with congenital heart disease is a serious problem due to the risk of infant mortality. Clinically, the atrial septal defect belongs to the low manifest defects. The severity of its symptoms depends on the size and location of the defect, as well as, to a greater extent, on the duration of the defect and the development of secondary complications. This situation dictates the need for early diagnosis of this congenital heart disease, dynamic observation, timely treatment, which determines the relevance of this study. In this article, we tried to analyze and evaluate in detail the results of ECG and EchoCG of newborns with interatrial communications. We carried out a retrospective analysis of 94 case histories of full-term newborns who are undergoing inpatient examination and treatment in the hospital of the city of Saransk for the period from December 2016 through March 2018. In the course of our study, it was found that the ECG study does not reveal specific signs suggesting the presence of MPS. Nevertheless, attention should be paid to the position of the electrical axis of the heart, the presence of signs of overloading of the right heart, especially the right ventricle. When EchoCG is studied in newborns with MPS, and more often with MPS sizes greater than 4 mm, an increase in the right ventricle and thickening of its anterior wall are diagnosed.