Surgical management of congenital heart disease in Down’s syndrome

Autor: Catherine A. Neill, M. R. Katlic, Edward B. Clark, J. A. Haller
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 74:204-209
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)41376-7
Popis: Children with Down’s syndrome have been thought to be at increased risk for operative treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD), but this impression has not been objectively studied. The hospital course of 60 Down’s patients with CHD treated operatively between 1953 and 1975 was analyzed. Thirty-three boys and 27 girls (2 months to 18 years of age) had one or more cardiac surgical procedures—26 as infants (
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