The Italian multicentric study on epidemiology of congenital heart disease: First step of the analysis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Bosi, Giuliano ^a   Scorrano, Marco ^a   Tosato, Giovanna ^a   Forini, Elena ^a   Chakrokh, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Epidemiology; Italian multicentric study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; ITALY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033124066     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004960     Document Type: Article

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