Atrioventricular septal defect with intact septal structures in a 74-year-old.
We report the incidental finding at post mortem of deficient atrioventricular septation in the heart of a 74-year-old woman. A review of her clinical history showed little indication of this lesion. The heart had intact septal structures but exhibited other features pathognomonic of atrioventricular septal defect.
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Department of Paediatrics, National Heart & Lung Institute, London, U.K.
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Gerlis
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D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology