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. 2004 Mar 15;93(6):801-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.012.

Effectiveness of cardiac surgery in trisomies 13 and 18 (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium)

Eric M Graham  1 , Scott M Bradley, Girish S Shirali, Christine B Hills, Andrew M Atz; Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium
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Effectiveness of cardiac surgery in trisomies 13 and 18 (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium)

Eric M Graham et al. Am J Cardiol. .

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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