EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPING A CLINICAL MONITORING REGISTRY

• Main Authors: Mariana Puiac (Ciorba) (Author), Mihaela Opriş (Author), Rodica Toganel (Author), Marius Ciorba (Author), Horatiu Suciu (Author), Klara Brinzaniuc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. With an estimated incidence of 6 cases to 1000 births worldwide, congenital cardiac malformations (CHM) are one of the main causes of death during the fi rst year of life. The main issues regarding CHM management in Romania are the lack of data that describe the true incidence on popul...