Late Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Among US Infants

2014128 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Cora Peterson · National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Elizabeth C. Ailes · National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Tiffany Riehle‐Colarusso · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Matthew E. Oster · Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Richard S. Olney · National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Cynthia H. Cassell · National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Abstract

We estimate that 29.5% of live-born infants with nonsyndromic CCHD in the NBDPS received a diagnosis more than 3 days after birth and therefore might have benefited from routine CCHD screening at birth hospitals. The number of infants in whom CCHD was detected through screening likely varies by several factors, including CCHD type. Additional population-based studies of screening in practice are needed.

Topics & Keywords

Congenital Heart Disease Studies Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Pediatrics

Volume 168, Issue 4, pp. 361-361

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4779

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