Backgroud: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most frequent group of major
congenital anomalies, accounting for almost 1% of all births. They comprise a very …

Objective To assess the prevalence, timing of diagnosis and infant mortality of congenital
heart defects (CHD) with population-based data and using a classification that allows …

Background Whereas no global severity score exists for congenital heart defects (CHD), risk
(Risk Adjusted Cardiac Heart Surgery‐1: RACHS‐1) and/or complexity (Aristotle Basic …

In a population‐based study including 35 218 infants born alive during the 15‐y period 1982–
96, 360 (1%) were diagnosed as having a congenital heart defect (CHD). At a follow‐up 3 …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the trends in survival for infants with critical congenital heart
defects (CCHDs) and to examine the potential impact of timing of diagnosis and other …

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the leading cause of infant mortality, and are associated
with chronic disability and morbidity in survivors. Most estimates of CHD prevalence are …

Aims: To register mortality and causes of death in patients with congenital heart defects
(CHDs). Methods: Prospective population‐based observational study. Results: 553 infants …

Attempts to adapt the classifications of pediatric congenital heart defects (CHD) to prenatal
cardiology have been lasting for many years. The paediatric cardiology CHD classifications …

Background Advances in the management of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD)
have made survival to adulthood an expectation. Although the literature is limited, existing …

Background Classification of the overall spectrum of congenital heart defects (CHD) has
always been challenging, in part because of the diversity of the cardiac phenotypes, but also …