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ectopia cordis

Epidemiology: - 8 per million births Pathology: - the heart is either partially or totally outside of the thorax - in most cases, the heart protrudes outside the chest through a split sternum

General

congenital heart disease; congenital cyanotic heart disease

References

  1. Wikipedia: Ectopia cordis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectopia_cordis
  2. Alphonso N et al Complete thoracic ectopia cordis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 23 (3): 426-428. PMID: 12614821 http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/3/426.full