title: Biventricular repair in unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect.
abstract: We present the case of a 2.5 year-old child with unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect due to a small left ventricle (LV) (mitral annulus of 10mm and a 0.4 ratio in relation to the tricuspid annulus, LVDD: 17 mm, LV Vd2: 15 ml/m(2) and LV/RV long-axis ratio of 0.71); he had a favorable outcome after biventricular surgical repair. Normal LV development was observed three months after the operation (mitral annulus of 22 mm, with a 0.84 ratio in relation to the tricuspid annulus, and LVDD of 30 mm). Current parameters for utilization of the hypoplastic ventricle are discussed.
authors: Hospital Sírio Libanês de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. eatik@cardiol.br
authors: Edmar
authors: E
authors: Atik
authors: Patrícia O
authors: PO
authors: Marques
authors: Rogério A
authors: RA
authors: Miranda
authors: Vitor C
authors: VC
authors: Guerra
authors: Lucília Santana
authors: LS
authors: Faria
authors: Marcelo
authors: M
authors: Jatene
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male