PubMed · 1982 · 27 citations · 1 references
MedicineAnatomyCardiologyCardiothoracic SurgeryPediatric CardiologyStructural Heart DiseaseCongenital Heart DiseaseCongenital Organ DefectsCongenital Thoracic AnomaliesLymphatic MalformationsPrimary LymphedemaVascular AnomaliesCongenital Cardiac AnomaliesCongenital Lymphatic MalformationsLymphatic CirculationLymphatic HyperplasiaLymphatic Vessel HypoplasiaPrimary Congenital LymphedemaThoracic AnomaliesThoracic Duct Anatomy
An association is described between congenital heart disease and abnormality of the thoracic duct. Abnormality of the thoracic duct is associated with a distinctive pattern of lymphatic hyperplasia. Five of 31 patients with this lymphatic anomaly were found to have congenital heart disease. Various forms of hypoplasia of lymph pathways are much more common anatomic anomalies in primary lymphoedemas but the incidence of congenital heart disease in these is low.
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Atrioventricular defects--a study of 92 families.
R Emanuel, Jill Nichols, J M Anders et al. · Heart · 1968 · 31 citations · Full text
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