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Father and two children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
B D Raisher1, S B Dowton, J W Grant
1Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
American Journal of Medical Genetics
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease which, without surgical treatment, has a high mortality in the first year of life. Reports of familial recurrence of TAPVC have involved sibs, first cousins, and twins. This is the first report of TAPVC in a father and his 2 children. The implications for genetic counseling to families with this anomaly and individuals reaching adulthood after repair of TAPVC are considered.