Garson A, Hawkins E P, Mullins C E, Edwards S B, Sabiston D C, Cooley D A
Pediatrics. 1978 Aug;62(2):218-21.
A child was treated for thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis and an associated chromosomal defect. Contrary to most cases in which death is due to the externally situated heart and abdominal viscera, this patient died from congenital heart disease.