Temporal variability in birth prevalence of cardiovascular malformations
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Temporal variability in birth prevalence of cardiovascular malformations.
OBJECTIVE To investigate changes over time in the prevalence at live birth of cardiovascular malformations and to compare "anatomical" and "physiological" diagnostic hierarchies within a population. DESIGN Retrospective and prospective ascertainment of all congenital cardiovascular malformations diagnosed in infancy. SETTING The resident population of one health region. PATIENTS All infan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-0769
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.4.414