title: Surgical closure of an atrial septal defect in an 11-year-old girl with Silver-Russell syndrome.
abstract: Silver-Russell syndrome is a congenital disease characterized by severe growth retardation and variable dysmorphic features such as a small triangular face, micrognathia, asymmetry (usually of the limbs), syndactyly and clinodactyly. We report a rare case of a girl with extremely low body weight, short stature and an atrial septal defect, who underwent successful surgical repair of the heart abnormality.
authors: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors: Constantine E
authors: CE
authors: Vahlas
authors: Andrew C
authors: AC
authors: Chatzis
authors: Nickolas M
authors: NM
authors: Giannopoulos
authors: Constantine A
authors: CA
authors: Contrafouris
authors: Michael C
authors: MC
authors: Milonakis
authors: George E
authors: GE
authors: Sarris
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans