Abstract
Congenital heart defects are the most common congenital malformation of the organ at birth with a prevalence of 6.16 per 1 000 live births. Prognosis of children with congenital heart disease was very poor until the launch of the Children's Cardiocentre at the University Hospital Motol in 1977.
Number of cardiac surgery at the Children's Cardiac rapidly rising and moving about 440 per year, which covers the needs of the CR. Surgical mortality rate last year dropped to 0.9%.
Echocardiography is the diagnostic basis for e - 80% of the operations are performed without preoperative cardiac catheterization. This became especially therapeutic method.
Number of catheter intervention (balloon angioplasty, valvula, closing arterial duct, atrial defects and other communications atrioseptostomie balloon, radiofrequency ablation) amounts to 200 per year. The excellent results in Cardiocentre Children's Faculty Hospital in Motol has been active with an area of cardiology prenatal screening of congenital heart defects during pregnancy.
Last year 43% of all congenital heart defects and 97% of critical congenital heart defects detected as early as pregnancy. Births of children with severe congenital heart disease from the entire country is concentrated in the University Hospital Motol in Prague, which enables the specialized treatment immediately after birth.
Cardio Children's University Hospital Motol in Prague, also deals with the organization, prevention and research in the field of heart disease in children and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. In collaboration with cardiologists and cardiac adult is then involved in the care of adults with congenital heart disease.