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One-stage surgical treatment for Cantrell syndrome without repairing the left ventricular diverticulum: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2015

Yang Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Zhaolei Jiang
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Fangbao Ding*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
*
Correspondence to: F. Ding, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, XinHua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, 1665 Kong Jiang Rd. Shanghai 200092, China. Tel: +8613661715410; Fax: +008602125078963; E-mail: drnail@sina.com

Abstract

Cantrell syndrome includes the defects of the heart, pericardium, diaphragm, abdominal wall, and sternum. The operative mortality is usually high. We report here a one-stage surgical correction in a case of Cantrell syndrome with left ventricular diverticulum.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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