Birth prevalence of congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009 - A nationwide study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 956-964

  Leirgul, Elisabeth ^a,b   Fomina, Tatiana ^a   Brodwall, Kristoffer ^a,b   Greve, Gottfried ^a,b   Holmstrøm, Henrik ^c   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a,d   Tell, Grethe S ^a,d   Øyen, Nina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; BIRTH; BIRTH DEFECT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONOTRUNCAL DEFECT; CONOVENTRICULAR VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; HYPOPLASTIC RIGHT HEART SYNDROME; INTERRUPTED AORTIC ARCH; ISOLATED PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NORWAY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; REGISTER; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; TERMINATED PREGNANCY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VALVULAR PULMONARY ATRESIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CLASSIFICATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MALE; NEWBORN;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84912101215     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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