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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1467914
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances in Understanding and Managing Congenital Heart Disease: From Bench to Bedside View all 8 articles
Evaluating the Global, Regional, and National Burden of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants Younger than 1 Year: A 1990–2021 Systematic Analysis for the GBD Study 2021
Provisionally accepted- Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, China
Background: Previous estimates of congenital heart disease (CHD) have been constrained by limited data sources, narrow geographic focus, and a lack of specific assessment of infants younger than one year. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2021, this research provides comprehensive estimates of mortality, prevalence, and disability attributable to CHD in infants under one year. The study encompasses data from 204 countries and territories, covering the period from 1990 to 2021. Methods: Harnessing data from the 2021 GBD dataset, this cross-sectional analysis encompassed 204 countries and territories. The analysis centered on infants under one year
Keywords: congenital heart disease, GBD (Global Burden of Disease), infants, Prevalence, Mortality
Received: 21 Jul 2024; Accepted: 07 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Zugen Cheng, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, China
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