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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 223-227 |
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Dermatoglyphics – A Diagnostic Tool To Predict Ventricular Septal Defect In Children
N Pushpamala
Assistant professor, department of Anatomy, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
N Pushpamala
Assistant professor, department of Anatomy, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2321-7006.302238
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Current study is to evaluate the dermatoglyphs, which can be used as a diagnostic tool for an easy, economically viable and early detection of ventricular septal defect (VSD), a congenital heart disease in children with a family history. Hand prints were taken by the INK METHOD described by Cummins & Midlo (1961). The dermatoglyphs of 100 children with congenital heart diseases aged between 3 to 12 years were compared with dermatoglyphs of 100 normal children (controls – CON) of the same age group.
Present study showed statistically significant increased percentage of incidence of ulnar loops in children with VSD (74%) than in controls (56%). Whorls showed significantly decreased percentage of incidence in disease group than in controls (17% - VSD, 34% - CON).
Incidence of Hypothenar patterns showed statistically higher values in the disease group (34% - right hand & 23% - left hand) than in the control group (9% & 8%).
Children with VSD showed statistically wider atd angles (62% - right hand & 65% - left hand) than in control group (16% & 15%).
So Dermatoglyphs analysis may be used as a diagnostic tool to detect congenital heart diseases in children with a family history of congenital heart disease.
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