The incidence and follow-up of isolated ventricular septal defect in newborns by echocardiographic screening

Ekici F., Tutar E., Atalay S., ARSAN S., Oezcelik N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.50, sa.3, ss.223-227, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.223-227
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: echocardiography, newborn, ventricular septal defect, incidence, CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE, SPONTANEOUS CLOSURE, HIGH PREVALENCE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and spontaneous closure rate of ventricular septal defects in a randomly selected newborn population, using color flow Doppler echocardiographic screening.