Childhood Stroke and Congenital Heart Disease

Laurence Ducharme-Crevier; Mark S Wainwright

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-3-1

Childhood Stroke and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Mar;29(3):18. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-3-1.

Authors

Laurence Ducharme-Crevier¹, Mark S Wainwright¹

Affiliation

¹ Ruth D. & Ken M. Davee Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Investigators from the University of California performed a case-control study of the association of stroke with congenital heart disease (CHD) within a population of 2.5 million children in Northern California.

Keywords: Congenital Heart Disease; Epidemiology; Pediatrics; Stroke.