Congenital heart defects - Occurrence, surgery and prognosis in a Danish county

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 357-362

  Garne, Ester ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Associated malformations; Congenital heart disease; Mortality; Prevalence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REGISTER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 12344269670     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410024379     Document Type: Article

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