Cardiovascular deaths in children: general overview from the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths

American Heart Journal
Victoria L VetterJustine Shults

Abstract

Cardiovascular conditions rank sixth in causes of death in 1- to 19-year-olds. Our study is the first analysis of the cardiovascular death data set from the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths, which provides the only systematic collection of cardiovascular deaths in children. We developed an analytical data set from the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths database for cardiovascular deaths in children 0 to 21 years old, reviewing 1,098 cases from 2005 to 2009 in 16 states who agreed to participate. Cardiovascular cases were aged 4.8 ± 6.6 years; 55.3%, ≤1 year; 24.6%, ≥10 years; male, 58%; white, 70.5%; black, 22.3%; Hispanic, 19.5%. Prior conditions were present in 48.5%: congenital heart disease, 23%; cardiomyopathies, 4.6%; arrhythmia, 1.7%; and congestive heart failure, 1.6%. Deaths occurred most frequently in urban settings, 49.2%; and in the hospital, 40.4%; home, 26.1%; or at school/work/sports, 4.8%. Emergency medical services were not evenly distributed with differences by age, race, ethnicity, and area. Autopsies (40.4%) occurred more often in those >10 years old (odds ratio [OR] 2.9), blacks (OR 1.6), or in those who died at school/work/sports (OR 3.9). The most co...Continue Reading

References

Jul 17, 1996·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·B J MaronF O Mueller
Mar 26, 2003·Journal of the American College of Cardiology·Barry J MaronMark V Sherrid
Feb 10, 2011·Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention·Theresa M Covington
Jan 11, 2012·Pediatrics·Carrie K Shapiro-MendozaTheresa Covington
Feb 1, 2012·Pediatrics·Kenneth D KochanekBernard Guyer
Aug 21, 2013·Pediatrics·Lazaros K KochilasTheodore R Thompson
Dec 19, 2013·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·Mike Mitka
Sep 30, 2014·American Heart Journal·Victoria L VetterJustine Shults

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Nov 21, 2015·Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy·Sylvie Di Filippo
Dec 10, 2015·Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy·Paul F KantorSteven E Lipshultz
May 6, 2016·Frontiers in Psychology·Pavel DietzAndreas G Franke
May 31, 2017·Death Studies·Emily M DouglasMorgan L Proulx
Oct 1, 2019·Pediatrics International : Official Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society·Sayo MoriShouichi Ohga
Sep 3, 2020·Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia·Thais Rocha SalimGláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira
Sep 5, 2018·Netherlands Heart Journal : Monthly Journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation·A VosUNKNOWN Dutch NODO group
Mar 30, 2019·The Journal of Pediatrics·Yuanyuan DongWei Wang

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly due to stroke and thromboembolism. Here is the latest research.

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, that can lead to muscular or electrical dysfunction of the heart. It is often an irreversible disease that is associated with a poor prognosis. There are different causes and classifications of cardiomyopathies. Here are the latest discoveries pertaining to this disease.

Birth Defects

Birth defects encompass structural and functional alterations that occur during embryonic or fetal development and are present since birth. The cause may be genetic, environmental or unknown and can result in physical and/or mental impairment. Here is the latest research on birth defects.

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmias are abnormalities in heart rhythms, which can be either too fast or too slow. They can result from abnormalities of the initiation of an impulse or impulse conduction or a combination of both. Here is the latest research on arrhythmias.