Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic demonstration of anatomical defects in AV septal defect patients presenting for reoperation.
We present two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic findings of two adult patients who presented for reoperation after previous repair of a partial atrioventricular (AV) septal defect. Both patients had a cleft in the left AV valve with severe regurgitation. One patient had an additional 10 x 5 mm defect connecting the left ventricle to the right atrium through the AV junction. Three-dimensional echocardiography was superior to two-dimensional echocardiography in comprehensively delineating the anatomical defects in the left AV valve and the AV junction.
Miller
Andrew P
AP
Division of Cardiovascular Disease Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Aaluri
Srinivasa
S
Mukhtar
Osman
O
Nekkanti
Rajasekhar
R
Thimmarayappa
Mahesha V
MV
Pacifico
Albert D
AD
D000328:Adult; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation