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Congenital Heart Disease in the Pediatric Population in Eastern India: A Descriptive Study

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This cross-sectional study assessed distribution and pattern of echocardiography confirmed congenital heart disease, among 593 pediatric patients in outpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. Commonest defects were ventricular septal defect (43, 40.7%), atrial septal defect (241, 31.7%), and tetralogy of Fallot (125, 21%).

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Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India as HRD Fellowship – Start-up grant.

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  1. Biomedical Genomics Center, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Sharmila Chatterjee

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, IPGMER and SSKM Hospitals, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Santanu Dutta, Sumanta Ghosh & Sanchita Das

  3. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Nital Bhattachary

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SC, SD, NB: study conception, analysis and interpretation of data, and manuscript writing; SG, SD: data collection and manuscript revision. All authors approved the final version of manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspects of this work.

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Chatterjee, S., Dutta, S., Ghosh, S. et al. Congenital Heart Disease in the Pediatric Population in Eastern India: A Descriptive Study. Indian Pediatr 57, 174–175 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1738-5

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