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An infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2006

Amanda L. Cook ,
Christopher L. Curzon  and
Angelo S. Milazzo
Amanda L. Cook
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Christopher L. Curzon
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Angelo S. Milazzo
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Abstract

We report an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome consisting of mitral valvar atresia, aortic valvar atresia, hypoplasia of the aortic arch and coarctation of the aorta, who demonstrated respiratory failure and global hypotonia, and who was eventually diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

Keywords

Congenital heart disease, genetic syndromes, functionally single ventricle
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 78 - 80
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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