Echocardiographic considerations in demonstrating complex anatomy of criss-cross atrioventricular valves and discordant atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial relations.
The associated features of 1-looping of the ventricles (ventricular inversion) with D-transposition of the great vessels and criss-crossing atrioventricular valves are an unusual constellation of cardiac anomalies resulting in corrected transposition physiology. The following case presentation depicts the fetal and postnatal considerations of two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography in accurately detailing the complex intracardiac connections associated with this arrangement and also warns of the potential pitfalls in echocardiographic assessment.
Morelli
P J
PJ
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH, USA.
Kimball
T R
TR
Witt
S A
SA
Meyer
R A
RA
D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal