Survival and health in liveborn infants with transposition of great arteries - A population-based study

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Garne, Ester ^a   Loane, Maria A ^b   Nelen, Vera ^c   Bakker, Marian K ^d   Gener, Blanca ^e   Abramsky, Lenore ^f   Addor, Marie Claude ^g   Queisser Luft, Annette ^h  

^a KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Prov Inst Hyg   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Division Autonome de Genetique Medicale   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Normal health; Prenatal diagnosis; Survival; TGA

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTAGLANDINS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 34250197538     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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