Congenital heart disease in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: A four-year prospective echocardiographic analysis

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 265-268

  Otaigbe, B E ^a   Tabansi, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; High prevalence; Niger Delta; Oil spillage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84918791044     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: 16800745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2014-055     Document Type: Article

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