Endocardial cushion defect epidemiology and demographics
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ;Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Overview
The prevalence of endocardial cushion defect is approximately 300 to 400 per 1000,000 live births. There is no racial predilection to endocardial cushion defects and it affects men and women equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence of endocardial cushion defect is approximately 300 to 400 per 1000,000 live births.[1][2]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to endocardial cushion defects.
Gender
- Endocardial cushion defects affects men and women equally.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Hoffman JI (1995). “Incidence of congenital heart disease: I. Postnatal incidence”. Pediatr Cardiol. 16 (3): 103–13. doi:10.1007/BF00801907. PMID 7617503.
- ↑ Reller MD, Strickland MJ, Riehle-Colarusso T, Mahle WT, Correa A (December 2008). “Prevalence of congenital heart defects in metropolitan Atlanta, 1998-2005”. J. Pediatr. 153 (6): 807–13. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.059. PMC 2613036. PMID 18657826.
- ↑ Rosenthal GL, Wilson PD, Permutt T, Boughman JA, Ferencz C (June 1991). “Birth weight and cardiovascular malformations: a population-based study. The Baltimore-Washington Infant Study”. Am. J. Epidemiol. 133 (12): 1273–81. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115839. PMID 2063835.
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