Four ectopia cordis cases surgically managed with different strategies

Kaan Yıldız

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.19791

Kaan Yıldız¹, Mustafa Kır¹, Şevket Baran Uğurlu², Halise Zeynep Genç¹, Nurettin Ünal¹

¹Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.19791

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Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital disorder in which the heart is partially or completely located outside the chest cavity. In this article, we present four cases of ectopia cordis accompanied by cardiac abnormalities with either thoracic and/or abdominal placed heart, managed with strategies ranging from follow-up without any intervention to complete surgical closure.

Keywords : Congenital heart disease, ectopia cordis, pentalogy of Cantrell, surgical treatment

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