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Ectopia cordis is a very rare cardiac anomaly that the heart is partially or totally
outside the thorax, and it was classified anatomically as 5 types-cervical, thoracocervical, thoracic (most commontype), thoracoabdominal, abdominal types.
We experienced a case of ectopia cordis(thoracic type) in a newborn who had the
symptom of generalized cyanosis since birth, and expired during operation due to
recurrent bradycardia and hypotension.
The brief... |