A Case of Ectopia Cordis |
Sun A Kim, Chun Soo Kim, Geun Soo Park, Myung Sung Kim, Sang Lak Lee, Joon Sik Kim, Tae Chan Kwon |
Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea |
이소성 심장 1례 |
김선아, 김천수, 박근수, 김명성, 이상락, 김준식, 권태찬 |
계명대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Abstract |
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 review of literature was made |
Key Words:
Ectopia cordis |
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