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Surveillance of ventricular septal defects in Delaware.

Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol

November 2016

Pediatrics, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Background: The prevalence of ventricular septal defects (VSDs), a birth defect in which there is an opening in the wall that separates the left and right ventricles of the heart, seemed to be substantially higher in Delaware compared with the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN). The Delaware Birth Defects Registry (BDR) noted their high prevalence of VSDs in comparison with other states.

Methods: A subset of children with a VSD born in 2007 through 2010 was identified from the complete reportable statewide defect list that the BDR creates each year.

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