Abstract

CALDERON-COLMENERO, Juan. Regionalization of congenital heart disease care: a pending goal. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2019, vol.89, n.2, pp.150-159.  Epub Dec 09, 2020. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.24875/acm.m19000031.

Congenital heart diseases are considered the most frequent malformations. In Mexico every year between 12 and 16 thousand children are born with some type of congenital heart disease and it is the second cause of mortality in children under 1 year of age and in children aged between 1 and 4 years. The problem of the care of congenital heart diseases is analyzed from a perspective of health policies in the country with an emphasis on regionalizing their care in order to rationalize the use of available resources and with the aim of serving the largest number of patients and achieve the best clinical results. It emphasizes the need to promote cooperation among the different civil society organizations and institutions to exchange ideas to create consensus and joint projects for a better use of available resources to achieve universal and quality care of children with congenital heart disease in all the country.

Keywords : Congenital heart disease; Heart surgery; Interventional catheterization; Child mortality; Health Policies; Mexico.

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