TY - JOUR T1 - Detection of congenital heart disease in mid-Essex JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 617 LP - 618 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X515179 VL - 60 IS - 577 AU - Jogesh Kapadia AU - RN Mahesh Babu Y1 - 2010/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/577/617.2.abstract N2 - Congenital heart defects account for 3% of all infant deaths, with 18–25% of affected infants dying in the first year of life. Early (pre-symptomatic) identification helps improve outcome.1 Routine prenatal anomaly scans detect less than half of cardiac defects,2,3 hence detection after birth remains important. Only families with a high risk of congenital heart defects are offered foetal echocardiography.The UK National Screening Committee's newborn screening policy comprises clinical examination at birth and at 6–8 weeks, with specific cardiac investigations for high-risk children.4We conducted a 3-year retrospective study in mid-Essex evaluating the … ER -