Severe congenital heart defects: incidence, causes and time trends of preoperative mortality in Norway.

Gunnar WikJarle JortveitVasileios SitrasGaute DøhlenArild E RønnestadHenrik Holmstrøm

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2020)

Termination of pregnancy accounted for the majority of the deaths in fetuses and children with severe CHDs. Among live-born children, most preoperative deaths occurred in a palliative care setting and were strongly related to comorbidities and/or univentricular hearts.

Keyphrases

palliative care
young adults
patients undergoing
early onset
risk factors
gestational age
drug induced
cardiovascular events
type diabetes