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| Author | V Grech |
| Abstract | Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a common congenital cardiac malformation, associated with Down's syndrome. AVSD causes heart failure, and if not treated early, irreversible pulmonary hypertension. In Malta, a decline in age at diagnosis and at surgery was present from 1944 to 1994. The birth prevalence was 0.31/1000 live births, within the range obtained from a literature review. Down's syndrome children are now treated as are non-syndromic children. |
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| Journal | Eur J Epidemiol |
| Volume | 15(4) |
| Pages | 403 - 415 |
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| Key words | atrioventricular septal defect, trends, epidemiology, congenital heart disease, paediatrics, prevalence |