High prevalence of muscular ventricular septal defect in preterm neonates.
Isolated muscular ventricular septal defect was identified in 9 of 159 consecutive preterm neonates by color Doppler echocardiography, a prevalence of 56.6/1,000 live births. The neonates with ventricular septal defects appear clinically healthy, and in 87.5% of them the defect spontaneously closed within 6 to 11 months. The prevalence and rate of spontaneous closure are similar to those in full-term neonates.
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Department of Neonatology, Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel.
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D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012307:Risk Factors