Patterns of Cardiac Care in Infants With Down Syndrome

The effect of changing attitudes to Down's syndrome in the management of complete atrioventricular septal defects

“…This is consistent with a report from 1985 in which referral for evaluation and treatment was made later for children with Down’s syndrome than for children without 22. In another study from 1989, the time before referral was comparable between Down’s syndrome and non-Down’s syndrome patient groups 23. In a 1995 study, 12% of all children with Down’s syndrome did not live with their biological parents but were waiting for adoption 24.…”

Outcome in Down syndrome fetuses with cardiac anomalies

“…Moreover, the last piece of information useful for the health care provider, is that Down syndrome is no longer considered a risk factor for surgical correction of CHD [Schneider et al, 1989;Vet and Ottenkamp, 1989;Rizzoli et al, 1992]. More specifically, in patients with atrioventricular canal, the most frequent cardiac defect in children with trisomy 21, the early and late surgical prognosis of the subjects with Down syndrome seems to be better if compared with those of nonDown patients [Di Carlo and Marino, 1994;Giamberti et al, 1996;Boening et al, 2002;Al-Hay et al, 2003].…”

Cardiac diseases in people with intellectual disability

“…For newborns with ID, CHD is a much more frequent congenital malformation (FvO 2004; Waisman Center 2005). Common forms of CHD are, for example, ventricular septum defects and atrioventricular septum defects (Schneider et al . 1989; Frid et al .…”