Frequency and spectrum of congenital heart defects among live births in Germany: A study of the competence network for congenital heart defects

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1111-1117

  Schwedler, Gerda ^a   Lindinger, Angelika ^b   Lange, Peter E ^a   Sax, Ulrich ^c   Olchvary, Julianna ^b   Peters, Brigitte ^d   Bauer, Ulrike ^a   Hense, Hans Werner ^e  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence network for congenital heart defects; Congenital heart defects; Live births; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GERMANY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84855997112     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-011-0355-7     Document Type: Article

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