Easy category for complex congenital cardiac segmental connections.
To clarify the variant complex congenital cardiac defects, Van Praagh introduced a system of segmental sets to classify the majority of congenital heart diseases, but the code system entails some confusion for complete understanding. We attempted to recategorize the variant sets into four subgroups according to the connection of the atrial-ventricular and ventricular-arterial segments. This complexity can simply be grouped into four subgroups with regularities. From a simple table so formed, we can quickly ascertain the hemodynamics and the circulatory physiology, and therefore quickly determine the treatment protocol for variant complex hearts.
Chen
Huai-Min
HM
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. humich@kmu.edu.tw
Chang
Po-Chih
PC
Lee
Meng-Shin
MS
Wu
Jin-Ren
JR
Chiu
Chao-Chi
CC
D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic