ectopia cordis

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Epidemiology

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

More general terms

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. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12614821 <Internet> http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/3/426.full
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