Failure to diagnose congenital heart disease in infancy

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 743-747

  Kuehl, Karen S ^a   Loffredo, Christopher A ^b   Ferencz, Charlotte ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Health policy; Infant mortality; Newborn hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032987676     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.4.743     Document Type: Article

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