Abstract

Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD): Results from a Prospective, Population-Based Cohort Study (EPICARD)

Nathalie Lelong, François Goffinet, Babak Khoshnood and EPICARD Study Group

The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the initial, published results of a large, prospective, population-based cohort study of children with structural congenital heart defects in France. We also discuss the current and future work to be done in this study