Relationship between congenital heart disease and bronchial dysplasia.
- Author:
Shuang-Lin ZENG
1
;
Ya-Jun LI
;
Ting HUANG
;
Li-Hua TAN
;
Xi-Long MEI
;
Jian-Ning SUN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Bronchi; abnormalities; embryology; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital; diagnostic imaging; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Infant; Male; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From: Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2011;13(11):893-895
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the relationship of the incidence of bronchial dysplasia (bronchial anomalous origin and bronchial stenosis) with congenital heart disease.
METHODSA total of 185 children with congenital heart disease or bronchial dysplasia were enrolled. Bronchial dysplasia was identified by the 64-MSCT conventional scanning or thin slice scanning with three-dimensional reconstruction.
RESULTSForty-five children (25.3%) had coexisting bronchial dysplasia and congenital heart disease. The incidence rate of bronchial dysplasia in children with congenital heart disease associated with ventricular septal defect was higher than in those without ventricular septal defect (33.7% vs 15.0%; P<0.05). There were no significant differences in the incidence rate of bronchial dysplasia between the children with congenital heart disease who had a large vascular malformation and who did not.
CONCLUSIONSBronchial dysplasia often occurs in children with congenital heart disease. It is necessary to perform a tracheobronchial CT scanning with three-dimensional reconstruction to identify tracheobronchial dysplasia in children with congenital heart disease, especially associated with ventricular septal defect.
