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Clinical and Surgical Perspectives on Isolated Thoracic Ectopia Cordis: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in PediatricsEctopia cordis is an exceptionally uncommon congenital condition where the heart develops outside its normal position due to incomplete closure of the ventral chest wall during embryogenesis.
Syed Mohsin Raza Bukhari +8 more
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A Rare Case Report of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis: An Obstetrician’s Point of View in Multidisciplinary Approach [PDF]
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2016 Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital anomaly associated with the heart positioned outside of the thoracic cavity either partially or completely. It can be associated with other congenital abnormalities.
Diana Ramasauskaite +5 more
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A Case Report of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in a Hospital in Zanjan, Iran [PDF]
Case Reports in PediatricsBackground and Aim. Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the heart being located partially or completely outside of the thoracic cavity. Thoracic ectopia cordis is an even rarer form of this anomaly, with only a few reported cases
Mehdi Hosseini +3 more
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Complete Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in Two Lambs [PDF]
AnimalsCardiac congenital defects related to inheritance and teratogenesis have been reported in veterinary species and humans worldwide. Among these, ectopia cordis (EC), characterized by an externalized heart through a cleft, is extremely rare in sheep.
Liz de Albuquerque Cerqueira +7 more
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Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in an Ethiopian Neonate. [PDF]
Ethiop J Health Sci, 2017 Ectopia Cordis is defined as complete or partial displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity. It is a rare congenital defect with failure of fusion of the sternum with extra thoracic location of the heart. The estimated prevalence of this case is 5.5 to 7.9 per million live births.We had a case of a 16-hour-old male neonate weighing 2.9kg ...
Tadele H, Chanie A.
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Thoracic ectopia cordis: A case report [PDF]
JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2020 Ectopia Cordis is a congenital anomaly in which the heart is located abnormally outside the thoracic cavity. Aetiology of this defect is still unclear with the incidence rate of 8:1,000,000 live births.
Danang Himawan Limanto, Heroe Soebroto
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Thoracic ectopia cordis. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2012 Ectopia cordis is defined as complete or partial displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity. It is a rare congenital defect in fusion of the anterior chest wall resulting in extra thoracic location of the heart. Its estimated prevalence is 5.5–7.9 per million live births.
Shad J, Budhwani K, Biswas R.
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Ectopia cordis: About a case in Togo
Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2022 Ectopia cordis is an extremely rare congenital cardiac malformation in which heart is partially or completely out of the thoracic cavity. We report a case of thoracic ectopia cordis diagnosed in a prefectoral hospital birthroom, located at north Togo ...
Sosso Piham Kebalo +5 more
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Complete thoracic ectopia cordis [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 2003 Thoracic ectopia cordis is a rare congenital defect with very few reported survivors after surgical correction. We report a case of complete thoracic ectopia cordis with double outlet right ventricle. The diagnosis was established antenatally and a repair was undertaken soon after birth.
Nelson Alphonso
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Ectopia Cordis as a Lethal Neonatal Condition: A Case Report from Bahrain and a Literature Review [PDF]
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2022 Ectopia cordis is a rare type of malformation where the heart is not located normally. It may be partially or completely located outside the thoracic cavity and can be associated with other congenital abnormalities.
Shereen M. Mohamed +2 more
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