How do we define congenital heart defects for scientific studies?

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-49

  Garne, Ester ^a   Olsen, Morten Smærup ^b   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^b   Hjortdal, Vibeke ^b   Andersen, Henrik Ørbæk ^c   Nissen, Henrik ^d   Søndergaard, Lars ^c   Videbæk, Jørgen ^b  

^a KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CHD; Definition; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS; COUNSELING; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856316274     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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