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.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
December 2,
2003
Received in revised form:
December 2,
2003
Received:
August 26,
2003
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© 2004 Excerpta Medica Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
