Atrioventricular septal defects among infants in Europe: A population-based study of prevalence, associated anomalies, and survival

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 560-567

  Christensen, Nikolas ^a   Andersen, Helle ^a   Garne, Ester ^b   Wellesley, Diana ^c   Addor, Marie Claude ^d   Haeusler, Martin ^e   Khoshnood, Babak ^f   Mullaney, Carmel ^g   Rankin, Judith ^h   Tucker, David ⁱ  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^g HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Congenital Anomaly Register and Information Service for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endocardial cushion defect; epidemiology; Keywords Common atrioventricular canal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART INJURY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, EUGENIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84880221070     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112001400     Document Type: Article

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