title: Extracardiac birth defects in children with congenital heart defects.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the proportion and pattern of extracardiac birth defects in children with congenital heart defects referred to a tertiary care institute.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional observational study from January 2010 to June 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 560 children with congenital heart defects, 98 (17.5%) had extracardiac birth defects. Fifty-six had multiple congenital defects; 36 were syndromic cases and 6 had laterality defects. A total of 386 extracardiac birth defects (103 major and 283 minor) were documented, with craniofacial and skeletal birth defects being the commonest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extracardiac birth defects are common in children with congenital heart defects.
authors: Genetic Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India. Correspondence to: Dr Sunil Karande, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India. karandesunil@yahoo.com.
authors: Sunil
authors: S
authors: Karande
authors: Varsha
authors: V
authors: Patil
authors: Archana
authors: A
authors: Kher
authors: Mamta
authors: M
authors: Muranjan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male