Cardiovascular abnormalities in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

R. D. Greenwood, A. Somer, A. Rosenthal, J. Craenen and A. S. Nadas

Twelve of 13 patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome were found to have cardiovascular abnormalities: congenital heart disease in 7 of the 12 and isolated cardiomegaly in the others. No specific type of cardiac abnormality predominated.

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