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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare cyanotic congenital heart disease and occurs in 6 to 12 per 100,000 live births. Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection affects both gender equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare cyanotic congenital heart disease and occurs in 6 to 12 per 100,000 live births.[1][2][3]
Prevalence
- There is no available information regarding the prevalence of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Gender
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection affects both gender equally.
References
References
- ↑ Reller MD, Strickland MJ, Riehle-Colarusso T, Mahle WT, Correa A (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.
- ↑ Correa-Villaseñor, Adolfo; Ferencz, Charlotte; Boughman, Joann A.; Neill, Catherine A. (1991). “Total anomalous pulmonary venous return: Familial and environmental factors”. Teratology. 44 (4): 415–428. doi:10.1002/tera.1420440408. ISSN 0040-3709.
- ↑ Itoi, Toshiyuki (2013). “Stenting as a possible new therapeutic strategy to the obstructed TAPVC”. Journal of Cardiology Cases. 8 (2): e93–e94. doi:10.1016/j.jccase.2013.05.001. ISSN 1878-5409.
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