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Cardiac surgery in a girl with trisomy 13

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Petter Strømme ,
Erik Thaulow  and
Odd Geiran
Petter Strømme*
Affiliation:
Section for Child NeurologyThe National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Erik Thaulow
Affiliation:
Section for Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics; The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Odd Geiran
Affiliation:
Thoracal and Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Rikshospitalet, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*
Dr Petter Strømme, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William RoadNorth Adelasde SA 5006, Australia Tel: (61) 882047111, Fax (61) 8882047342, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We describe a profoundly retarded infant girl with multiple anomalies caused by trisomy 13. Due to heart failure, which was resistant to medical treatment, we closed successfully a ventricular septal defect at three months of age. She died at 10 months of age. Despite the short survival, we believe that the patient benefitted significantly from the surgical repair of her cardiac defect.

Keywords

Cardiac surgerytrisomy 13ventricular septum defect
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 6 , November 2000 , pp. 638 - 640
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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