Postmortem angiocardiography in newborn infants with congenital malformation of the heart and great vessels.
In congenital malformations of the heart and great vessels with a fatal outcome a postmortem angiocardiography may contribute to diagnosis. In this technique the heart is not dissected and the topographical relationships remain unchanged. A postmorten angiocardiography is of particular interest if no autopsy is to be performed. Some patho-anatomical details are demonstrated in three selected cases: newborn infants with 1. hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 2. truncus arteriosus communis with interruption of the aortic arch, and 3. aortic-left ventricular tunnel.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*