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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ectopia Cordis
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ectopia Cordis
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Ectopia Cordis

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Ectopia Cordis  

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Scope note

  • A rare developmental defect in which the heart is abnormally located partially or totally outside the THORAX. It is the result of defective fusion of the anterior chest wall. Depending on the location of the heart, ectopia cordis can be thoracic, thoracoabdominal, abdominal, and cervical.

History note

  • 2008; use HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL 1963-2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054083

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