Effectiveness of cardiac surgery in trisomies 13 and 18 (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-15-2004
Identifier
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.012
Abstract
Because of severely reduced lifespan in children with trisomies 13 and 18, surgical repair of congenital heart lesions has rarely been offered. With data from a multicenter registry, we report 35 cases of cardiac surgery in infants and children with trisomy 13 or 18 with a 91% hospital survival rate. Those patients without an extended preoperative ventilatory requirement did not require prolonged mechanical ventilation after surgery.
Journal Title
The American journal of cardiology
Volume
93
Issue
6
First Page
801
Last Page
803
MeSH Keywords
Canada; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; Europe; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Postoperative Complications; Registries; Respiration, Artificial; Retrospective Studies; Survival Analysis; Trisomy; United States
Keywords
Trisomy 13; Trisomy 18; CHD; heart surgery
Recommended Citation
Graham, E. M., Bradley, S. M., Shirali, G. S., Hills, C. B., Atz, A. M., . Effectiveness of cardiac surgery in trisomies 13 and 18 (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium). The American journal of cardiology 93, 801-803 (2004).
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