Epidemiological study of congenital heart defects in children and adolescents: analysis of 4,538 cases

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency and prevalence of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care center for children with heart diseases. METHODS: We carried out an epidemiological assessment of the first medical visit of 4,538 children in a pediatric hospital from January 1995 to December 1997. Al...

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Main Authors: Nelson Itiro Miyague, Silvia Meyer Cardoso, Fabrício Meyer, Frederico Thomaz Ultramari, Fábio Henrique Araújo, Igor Rozkowisk, Alisson Parrilha Toschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-03-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003000300003