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Review
. 2023 May 11:13:100460.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2023.100460. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Skeletal system in adult congenital heart disease

Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez  1 , Danielle Massarella  1 , Lorna Swan  2
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Review

Skeletal system in adult congenital heart disease

Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez et al. Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis. .

Abstract

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Keywords: Congenital heart disease; Marfan syndrome; Musculoskeletal; Skeletal abnormalities.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez reports was provided by Toronto General Hospital. Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez reports a relationship with Toronto General Hospital that includes: non-financial support.

Figures

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Graphical abstract
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
PA and lateral chest X-rays of a patient with Marfan syndrome. The chest X-Ray shows, scoliosis treated with Harrington rods (red arrows), pectus excavatum (white arrow), a mechanical aortic valve (blue arrows) and a mitral annuloplasty (yellow arrows). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Fig. 2
The histogram shows the prevalence of skeletal deformities in 146 patients affected by Marfan syndrome before and after the end of skeletal growth. Reproduced with permission from [43].
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