Cardiac Medical Conditions Have Become the Leading Cause of Death in Children with Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-558

  Schlingmann, Tobias R ^a   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Lofgren, Kimberly C ^a   Zaplin, Michael ^b   Connor, Jean A ^a   del Nido, Pedro J ^a   Lock, James E ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Cardiac surgery; Cause of death; Congenital heart disease; Mortality; Pediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BOSTON; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870355061     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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