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 …

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

Objectives—To present population‐based data on prevalence, surgery and mortality for
infants and children up to 5 years of age with congenital heart disease (CHD). Design—Data …

Background More than 90% of children with congenital heart defects now survive into
adulthood; just a few decades ago, survival was rare, particularly among patients with …

BACKGROUND: In the large and expanding population of adults with congenital heart
disease, little is known about their long-term outcome. By means of a systematic literature …

Objectives Congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common cardiac malformation in the
fetal and neonatal period, represents a heterogeneous group of defects with little known …

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 and aims Severe congenital heart defects (CHDs) still represent one of the
main causes of infant death. The risk factors associated with cardiac surgery and …

The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of congenital defects in children born
in Croatia during a period of 5 years, its association with extracardiac malformations, its …

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 …