Raysa Morales-Demori
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.6, pp. 820-827, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12521
Abstract Congenital heart disease (CHD) is present in approximately 50% of patients with trisomy 21
(T21) and Turner syndrome (TS). According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, every
patient with these genetic disorders should have a postnatal echocardiogram. T21 is usually
associated with atrioventricular (30%–60%), atrial (16%-21%), or ventricular septal defects
(14%–27%). TS is usually associated with left-sided heart disease. However, the spectrum of
CHD in these genetic disorders is wider than those mentioned lesions. More cardiac surgical
procedures are offered to these patients and that has influenced positively their life expectancy for some CHD conditions. More >
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