Major congenital heart defects are rarely diagnosed after newborns' hospital discharge with modern screening

Our aim was to assess undiagnosed congenital heart defects (CHD) after newborns' hospital discharge in patients with a murmur or CHD suspicion, to find out the signs that predict CHDs and to estimate the costs of the examinations.

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