title: Criss-cross heart with intact ventricular septum.
abstract: We report a case of a criss-cross heart in a 6-month-old male child with echocardiographic and angiocardiographic findings of concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculoarterial connexions and an intact ventricular septum. This entity has been described with a ventricular septal defect as part of its own anatomic spectrum. The concept of the criss-cross heart, however, is best restricted to a form of spatial atrioventricular arrangement in which the atrioventricular connexions are criss-crossed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Hemodynamic Laboratory, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Fontes
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pontes Jùnior
mesh_terms: D003420:Crisscross Heart / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male