Temporal trends in survival to adulthood among patients born with congenital heart disease from 1970 to 1992 in Belgium

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2264-2272

  Moons, Philip ^a,b   Bovijn, Lore ^a   Budts, Werner ^b   Belmans, Ann ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

epidemiology; heart defects, congenital; mortality; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650174615     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.946343     Document Type: Article

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