Extracardiac malformations associated with congenital heart disease.

The incidence of significant extracardiac malformations was determined in a combined clinical and autopsy study comprising 1000 infants and children with congenital heart disease treated and lost at the Children's Hospital in Helsinki. There were 567 boys and 433 girls. 1/4 of the children had a birthweight of 2500 g or less.

Causes of death in transposition of the great arteris. A clinical and autopsy study of 140 cases.

The causes of death were assessed in 140 infants and children with transposition of the great arteries studied clinically and post mortem. Half of the children were under one month old. Death occurred during the first year of life in 118 cases.