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Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003;88(Supplement 1):A48-A49; doi:10.1136/adc.88.suppl_1.A48
Copyright © 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003;88:A48
© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Cardiology

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G136. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN PREMATURE INFANTS

N. Sabrine, K. Tanner, C. Wren.

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Aims: To assess the prevalence at live birth and spectrum of congenital heart disease in premature infants.

Methods: Ascertainment of all congenital heart disease (CHD) diagnosed in infancy in the resident population of one health region in 1987–2000. All babies with PDA or ASD were excluded to avoid selection bias. All babies with a gestation at birth of <37 weeks were identified. Data from our region and from the literature predict that 5.6% of all babies will be live born at 32–36 weeks, 0.85% at 28–31 weeks, and 0.35% at <28 weeks. Thus 6.8% of live born babies will be pre-term.

Results: Of 492,559 live births in the 14 years of the study, there were 2795 with CHD (excluding PDA and ASD), a prevalence at live birth of 5.7/1000. CHD was present in 5.1/1000 of . . . [Full text of this article]


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