Complete atrioventricular canal with survival to the eighth decade.
Survival to the eighth decade of patients with atrioventricular canal is extremely rare. A patient is presented with such survival of the complete form of the defect. This possibly represents the first such report in the medical literature. The value of 2-dimensional echocardiography, particularly with venous contrast studies, in establishing the diagnosis, is shown.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male