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Cyanotic heart defect epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Overview

Epidemiology and Demographics

Epidemiology and Demographics

Cyanotic heart disease account for approximately 15 percent of all CHD cases and one-third of potentially fatal forms of congenital heart disease.[1]

References

References

  1. Wren C, Reinhardt Z, Khawaja K (2008). “Twenty-year trends in diagnosis of life-threatening neonatal cardiovascular malformations”. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 93 (1): F33–5. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.119032. PMID 17556383.


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