Congenital heart disease is the most frequent of congenital disorders in newborns. Reliable epidemiological data for congenital heart disease, however, have been difficult to obtain owing to divergences in definitions, classifications, and methodologies of different studies. The authors of this Review discuss the latest changes in the epidemiology of congenital heart disease and its complications.
- Teun van der Bom
- A. Carla Zomer
- Barbara J. M. Mulder