A criss-cross heart with twisted atrioventricular connections, "perfect streaming," and double discordance.
At 24 weeks gestational age, a term female infant was diagnosed with complex congenital heart disease. The antenatal cardiac diagnosis was uncertain and included univentricular heart. Following delivery, the child remained well and was normally saturated. Echocardiography and angiocardiography revealed an unusual relationship between atria and ventricles.
Duncan
Walter J
WJ
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak street, 1F Clinic, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4. wduncan@cw.bc.ca
Wong
Kenny K
KK
Freedom
Robert M
RM
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000790:Angiocardiography; D003420:Crisscross Heart / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal