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Although the exact incidence of congenital heart disease (Spicer, 1984) in Down syndrome is not truly known, we can estimate that 40–50% of patients with this syndrome will have some form of congenital cardiac disease. The most common defect will be atrioventricular canal, either complete or partial, and the second most common defect will be ventricular septal defect. Ostium secundum atrial septal and tetralogy of Fallot are the other common cardiac defects, and the most common associated lesions are patent ductus arteriousus and pulmonary stenosis.
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Gordon, L.S. (1990). Cardiac Conditions. In: Van Dyke, D.C., Lang, D.J., Heide, F., van Duyne, S., Soucek, M.J. (eds) Clinical Perspectives in the Management of Down Syndrome. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9644-4_4
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