Abstract
Lindinger et al. published in this issue of Klinische Pädiatrie the data of a new nationwide registry for newborns with congenital heart defects [3]. The so called PAN-study needs to be mentioned from different views as it is important not only for pediatric cardiologists but for all physicians involved in the care of pediatric patients with congenital heart defects and to built up an interdisciplinary network [2]. Furthermore it provides for the first time epidemiological data on the prevalence of congenital heart defects from a nation wide approach. This registry will substantiate the data from previous registries applying different methods [1] [5]. In the era of transthoracic echocardiography being readily available in Germany for almost every newborn with a suspected congenital heart defect, the prevalence of congenital heart defects was 1.08% which is higher at the extent of the mild forms [4].
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