Epidemiology of congenital heart disease in Brazil

AbstractIntroduction:Congenital heart disease is an abnormality in the structure or cardiocirculatory function, occurring from birth, even if diagnosed later. It can result in intrauterine death in childhood or in adulthood. Accounted for 6% of infant deaths in Brazil in 2007.Objective:To estimate u...

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Main Authors: Valdester Cavalcante Pinto Júnior, Klébia Magalhães P. Castello Branco, Rodrigo Cardoso Cavalcante, Waldemiro Carvalho Junior, José Rubens Costa Lima, Sílvia Maria de Freitas, Maria Nazaré de Oliveira Fraga, Nayana Maria Gomes de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000200013&lng=en&tlng=en