Cardiac surgery in children with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18: How safe is it?Central MessagePerspective

Cardiac surgery in children with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18: How safe is it?Central MessagePerspective

Objective: Surgery for heart defects in children with trisomy 13 or 18 is controversial. We analyzed our 20-year experience. Methods: Since 2002, we performed 21 operations in 19 children with trisomy 13 (n = 8) or trisomy 18 (n = 11). Age at operation was 4 days to 12 years (median, 154 days). Prin...

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Main Authors: Joshua M. Rosenblum, MD, PhD, Kirk R. Kanter, MD, Subhadra Shashidharan, MD, Fawwaz R. Shaw, MD, Paul J. Chai, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
congenital cardiac surgery
trisomy 13
trisomy 18
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273622003564

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