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Angiographic anatomy of hearts with one ventricular chamber: The true single ventricle

1985; Elsevier BV; Volume: 55; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9149(85)90505-3

1879-1913

W.-R. Thies, Benigno Soto, Elizabeth Diethelm, Lionel M. Bargeron, Albert D. Pacifico,

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Fifteen patients with an isolated ventricular chamber were studied using angiography. These patients constitute 7% of the 218 patients with single ventricle who were examined at our institution over a 10-year period. The atrial situs was solitus in 6 and isomeric in 9. The ventricular chamber showed 3 varieties based on trabecular pattern: right type, mixed and indeterminate. The atrioventricular (AV) connection was through 2 valves in 4 hearts, through a common AV valve in 8 and through a single valve in 3. The morphologic features of the ventricular chamber and the AV valves are considered the most important factors for planning surgical management.