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An infant with transposition and cystic fibrosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2008

Amanda L. Cook ,
Kari L. Crawford  and
Derek A. Williams
Amanda L. Cook*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Kari L. Crawford
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Derek A. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Amanda L. Cook, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States of America. Tel: (336) 716 3232; Fax: (336) 716 0533; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We report an infant with transposition, with the circumflex artery arising from the right coronary artery, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis following the occurrence of meconium ileus in the postoperative period.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasegenetic syndromesmeconium ileus
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 111 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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