Geographical distribution of congenital heart defects in Saudi Arabia
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Congenital heart disease in south-west Saudi Arabia.
C heart disease (CHD) constitutes the majority of pediatric heart diseases and remains one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Previous studies demonstrated that CHD worldwide, is relatively common with a prevalence ranging from 4-50 per 1000 live births.1 The prevalence was 10.7 per 1000 in KSA2 in 2001, and 17.5 per 1000 in Central Australia3 in 2004. Only a few studies in Saudi A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.63