title: [Prevalence of congenital cardiopathies among newborn infants in a department of pediatric cardiology].
abstract: This study consists of a prevalence congenital heart disease (CHD) registered in the Pediatric Cardiology Department of Umberto I General Hospital in Rome between January 1st 1992 and December 31-th 1993. Cases recorded in this period have been taken part of a larger study called Italian Multicentric Study for recording and follow-up of congenital heart disease (IMS-CHD); the purpose is to determine the prevalence of CHD in Italy and discover the outcome of affected children. In this duration, 187 new cases have been recorded, in which 63.6% had a single defect while 36.4% had multiple defects. These isolated defects were most frequently occurred (51.9%) following the stenosis of the pulmonary artery (15.5% and the defects of the interatrial septum (15%).
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Cattedra di Cardiologia Pediatrica.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mundo
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Torchia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Cicco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ventriglia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sebastiani Annicchiarico
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colloridi
mesh_terms: D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution