Effect of Gastrointestinal Malformations on the Outcomes of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with thoracic GI malformations have worse perioperative outcomes than controls, but their long-term survival does not seem to be significantly different. Abdominal GI malformations do not have a significant effect on outcomes. The presence of GI malformations should likely not preclude patients from undergoing congenital heart operations, but careful family counseling is necessary, especially for thoracic GI malformations. PMID: 28709660 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 11, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mery CM, De León LE, Rodriguez JR, Nieto RM, Zhang W, Adachi I, Heinle JS, Kane LC, McKenzie ED, Fraser CD Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research