Declining mortality from congenital heart disease related to innovations in diagnosis and treatment: A population-based study

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-80

  Grech, Victor ^a   Savona Ventura, Charles ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Heart defects Congenital; Mortality; Surgery; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALTA; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALTA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032612469     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100007460     Document Type: Article

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