The impact of cardiac surgery in patients with trisomy 18 and trisomy 13 in Japan

Maeda, Jun; Yamagishi, Hiroyuki; Furutani, Yoshiyuki; Kamisago, Mitsuhiro; Waragai, Tadashi; Oana, Shinji; Kajino, Hiroki; Matsuura, Hiroyuki; Mori, Katsuhiko; Matsuoka, Rumiko; Nakanishi, Toshio

doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.34285

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The impact of cardiac surgery in patients with trisomy 18 and trisomy 13 in Japan

Published in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A • Oct 11, 2011

Authors:

Jun Maeda

Hiroyuki Yamagishi

Yoshiyuki Furutani

Abstract

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are very common in patients with trisomy 18 (T18) and trisomy 13 (T13). The surgical indication of CHD remains controversial since the natural history of these trisomies is documented to be poor. To investigate the outcome of CHD in patients with T18 and T13, we collec...

Subject

Medicine

Trisomy

Intracardiac injection

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