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Table 2 Time of diagnosis of major heart defects in the neonatal and infant periods

From: Major heart defects: the diagnostic evaluations of first-year-olds

Congenital heart defect (n = 282)

Newborn

Newborn

Infant

Infant

0–7

days

8–28

days

1–6 months

7–12 months

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Cyanotic defects

 Transposition of the great arteries (n = 24)

24 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Tetralogy of Fallot (n = 20)

20 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Double outlet right ventricle (n = 14)

13 (93)

0 (0)

1 (7)

0 (0)

 Common arterial trunk (n = 5)

5 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Ebstein’s anomaly (n = 5)

2 (40)

2 (40)

1 (20)

0 (0)

 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (n = 4)

4 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect (n = 3)

3 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (n = 3)

3 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Interrupted aortic arch (n = 2)

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Tricuspid atresia (n = 2)

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Single ventricle (n = 1)

1 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Acyanotic defects

 Ventricular septal defect (n = 72)

50 (69)

7 (10)

13 (18)

2 (3)

 Persistent ductus arteriosus (n = 46)

29 (63)

14 (31)

2 (4)

1 (2)

 Coarctation of the aorta (n = 33)

15 (46)

13 (39)

5 (15)

0 (0)

 Atrioventricular septal defect (n = 19)

15 (79)

3 (16)

1 (5)

0 (0)

 Pulmonary stenosis (n = 17)

12 (70)

3 (18)

2 (12)

0 (0)

 Aortic stenosis (n = 12)

10 (83)

2 (17)

0 (0)

0 (0)