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Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of such defects among children greater than one year of age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951108002333_abs2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was performed on subjects diagnosed with systemic hypertension, aged from 1 to 19 years, with a mean of 12.4 years, in whom we performed echocardiography, using a standard protocol, to establish any end-organ damage or to reveal any congenital cardiac defects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951108002333_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We found a congenital cardiac defect in 5 (3.5%) of the 143 children evaluated. Of these, 4 had not previously been detected, specifically Ebsteins malformation of the tricuspid valve, with moderate regurgitation, a coronary arterial anomaly, a bicuspid aortic valve, and prolapse of the mitral valve permitting regurgitation. In the other patient, we found a non-significant tiny muscular ventricular septal defect.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951108002333_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our transthoracic echocardiographic investigation revealed previously unsuspected congenital cardiac defects in 4 of 143 older children, with 3 of these requiring further management by a paediatric cardiologist. A similar prevalence has also been reported in older children evaluated echocardiographically for other diseases such as insulin-resistance and leukemia. Hence, it is possible that the prevalence of congenitally malformed hearts is higher than previously reported. 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