Abstract

 

Purpose: We aimed to reveal the difference in the rate of congenital heart disease (CHD) presence between the

neonates with and without cardiac murmurs in neonates with congenital gastrointestinal malformations (CGM).

Patients and methods: We report on 115 infants treated between 1995-2000 with CGM. In group A,

echocardiographies were performed only to those with murmurs. Group B, all patients had undergone

echocardiography (ECHO) examination.

Results: CHD diagnosis was established in 6% and 18% of group A and B patients, respectively (x2: 3.95,

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