Epidemiology and diagnosis of ventricular septal defect in Malta

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Grech, Victor ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Audit; Congenital; Echocardiography; Heart defects; Septal defects

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALTA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALTA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032113265     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100006831     Document Type: Article

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