Key result
Neonatal echo screening detects muscular VSD in ~5% of births, with ~89% closing spontaneously.
Why the study?
What is the prevalence and natural history of muscular ventricular septal defect in neonates screened by color Doppler echocardiography?
Cross-Sectional (n=1,053)
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What is the prevalence and natural history of muscular ventricular septal defect in neonates screened by color Doppler echocardiography?
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Routine echocardiographic screening reveals a high prevalence of muscular ventricular septal defects in neonates (53.2/1,000 live births), the vast majority of which are asymptomatic and close spontaneously.
Roguin et al. (1995) conducted a cross-sectional in Muscular ventricular septal defect (n=1,053). Color Doppler echocardiography was evaluated on Prevalence of muscular ventricular septal defect. Color Doppler echocardiography screening in neonates identified a muscular ventricular septal defect prevalence of 53.2 per 1,000 live births, with 88.9% of defects closing spontaneously.
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