Mortality resulting from congenital heart disease among children and adults in the United States, 1999 to 2006

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2254-2263

  Gilboa, Suzanne M ^a   Salemi, Jason L ^b   Nembhard, Wendy N ^b   Fixler, David E ^c   Correa, Adolfo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; heart defects, congenital; mortality; race; vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650172142     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.947002     Document Type: Article

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