Cerboni P, Robillard P Y, Hulsey T C, Sibille G, Ngyuen J
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Gaudeloupe, French West Indies.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1993;27(2):151-3.
An epidemiologic survey of congenital heart disease was performed in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, during the 3-year period 1988-1990. This survey, the first on congenital heart disease from the Caribbean, found an overall rate of 6.08 congenital heart disease cases per 1,000 live births, a high rate of hypoplastic left heart disease, and a rate of coarctation of the aorta similar to rates reported in developed countries.
1988年至1990年的三年间,在法属西印度群岛的瓜德罗普岛进行了一项先天性心脏病的流行病学调查。这项加勒比地区首次针对先天性心脏病开展的调查发现,先天性心脏病的总体发病率为每1000例活产中有6.08例,左心发育不全的发病率较高,主动脉缩窄的发病率与发达国家报告的发病率相似。