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. 2021 Nov 30;21:528. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02997-2

Table 2.

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

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)