Detection rates of congenital heart disease in Guatemala

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Trucco, Sara M ^a   Barnoya, Joaquin ^b,c   Larrazabal, Luis Alesandro ^a   Castañeda, Aldo ^b   Teitel, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; healthcare delivery; Human development index; underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DETECTION RATE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUATEMALA; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; REGIONALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; GUATEMALA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960141310     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110001617     Document Type: Article

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