title: Dissection of congenitally malformed hearts, with comments on the value of sequential segmental analysis.
abstract: We discuss methods of dissection of the congenitally malformed heart in relationship to the process of sequential segmental analysis. On the basis of our study of an extensive series of malformed hearts, we highlight the lesions that have resulted in faulty dissections and provide some caveats by which these errors can be minimized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2583.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Devine
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Debich
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000473:pathology; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000473:pathology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000473:pathology