Longest Survival With Heart Outside Body

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Ectopia Cordis

Christopher Wall (USA, Born: August 19 1975) is the longest known survivor of the condition Ectopia Cordis, in which the heart lies outside the body at birth. The mortality rate is high, with most patients not living beyond 48 hours, but Wall still lives with the condition.



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