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The criss-cross and superoinferior ventricular heart: an angiocardiographic study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  696645     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The angiocardiographic features of 11 patients with superoinferior and criss-cross type of atrioventricular (A-V) connections are presented. These unusual ventricular relations are thought to result from postseptation disturbances of ventricular looping. The angiocardiographic appearance of criss-cross is really an illusion, and the A-V connections among these patients are either concordant, discordant or straddling. The often small right A-V valve inflow and sinus portion of the ventricle, combind with the ventricular rotational anomaly, combine to give the angiocardiographic perception of criss-cross. A review of the 11 patients from this institution and those previously reported on suggests that most patients have a transposition of malposition of the great arteries; many have a small right ventricle, and about half have pulmonary outflow tract obstruction. In addition to the obvious embryologic, morphologic and clinical implications of these distorted ventricular loops, the criss-cross A-V hearts raise questions about the various segmental nomenclatures applied to these types of congenital heart disease.
Authors:
R M Freedom; G Culham; R D Rowe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  42     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  1978 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1978-11-22     Completed Date:  1978-11-22     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  620-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiocardiography
Child
Child, Preschool
Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology,  radiography*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities,  pathology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Myocardium / pathology
Transposition of Great Vessels / pathology,  radiography*

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