Angiographic anatomy of hearts with one ventricular chamber: the true single ventricle.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002932:Cineangiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male