Spectrum of paediatric cardiac diseases: A study of 15,066 children undergoing cardiac intervention at a tertiary care centre in India with special emphasis on gender

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Kiran, Viralam S ^a   Nath, Parrimala P ^a   Maheshwari, Sunita ^a  

^a NARAYANA INSTITUTE OF CARDIAC SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Prevalence; social issues; tetralogy of Fallot; ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952900132     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110001319     Document Type: Article

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