Surgical outcome of congenital heart disease in Down's syndrome.

Background And Objective: only a few studies have compared surgical outcomes in children with and without Down's syndrome. The purpose of this study was to investigate the surgical outcome in children with Down's syndrome and congenital heart disease and to compare it with that in age- and sex-matched non-Down controls.

Patients And Methods: the charts of 32 consecutive Down's syndrome patients who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease in a single center from January 2006 to May 2010, were compared with the data of 32 age- and sex-matched non-Down controls, focusing on comparative echocardiographic details, surgical outcome, and intensive care unit data.