The changing epidemiology of congenital heart disease

T Van Der Bom, AC Zomer, AH Zwinderman… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Congenital heart disease is the most common congenital disorder in newborns. Advances in
cardiovascular medicine and surgery have enabled most patients to reach adulthood …

Eligibility and disqualification recommendations for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities: task force 4: congenital heart disease: a scientific statement …

GF Van Hare, MJ Ackerman, JK Evangelista… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common form of serious birth defect, occurring
in 8 per 1000 live births. 1 The past several decades have seen dramatic improvements in …

Congenital heart defects in Europe: prevalence and perinatal mortality, 2000 to 2005

H Dolk, M Loane, E Garne… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—This study determines the prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD),
diagnosed prenatally or in infancy, and fetal and perinatal mortality associated with CHD in …

Paper 4: EUROCAT statistical monitoring: identification and investigation of ten year trends of congenital anomalies in Europe

M Loane, H Dolk, A Kelly, C Teljeur… - … Research Part A …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND As part of EUROCAT's surveillance of congenital anomalies in Europe, a
statistical monitoring system has been developed to detect recent clusters or long‐term (10 …

Paper 1: the EUROCAT network—organization and processes

PA Boyd, M Haeusler, I Barisic, M Loane… - … Research Part A …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) is a network of
population‐based congenital anomaly registries in Europe, funded by the European Union …

Socioeconomic status and prevalence of congenital heart defects: does universal access to health care system eliminate the gap?

MM Agha, RH Glazier, R Moineddin… - … Research Part A …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: A twofold increase in the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs)
has been reported since the early 1970s with higher rates among children from low …

Recent decrease in the prevalence of congenital heart defects in Europe

B Khoshnood, M Loane, E Garne, MC Addor… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine trends in the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in
Europe and to compare these trends with the recent decrease in the prevalence of CHDs in …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and risk factors for congenital anomalies in Mosul city

ZA Taboo - The Iraqi postgraduate medical journal, 2012 - iasj.net
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Congenital Anomalies in Mosul City Page 1 THE IRAQI
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL VOL.11, NO.4, 2012 RISK FACTORS FOR …

Prevalence of congenital anomalies in a secondary care hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study

AG Cherian, D Jamkhandi, K George… - Journal of tropical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To study the prevalence and types of congenital anomalies that present at birth in
a secondary-level hospital in South India and its contribution to perinatal mortality. Materials …

Parental occupational exposures to endocrine disruptors and the risk of simple isolated congenital heart defects

C Wang, Y Zhan, F Wang, H Li, L Xie, B Liu, Y Li… - Pediatric …, 2015 - Springer
This study aims to explore the associations between parental occupational exposures to
endocrine disruptors (EDs) and simple isolated congenital heart defects (CHDs). A case …