title: Echocardiographic segmental analysis in patients with an atrioventricular criss-cross.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the echocardiographic characteristics of patients with an atrioventricular criss-cross who underwent segmental cardiac morphological analysis. The study involved five patients with a criss-cross heart (0.6% of the studies). The patients' average age was 6 years and 3 months. All patients presented with situs solitus. Three had a discordant atrioventricular connection and two had a concordant connection. In addition, four patients had a ventriculoarterial connection with a double-outlet right ventricle while one had a concordant connection. Two patients had superior-inferior ventricles. Other associated lesions included ventricular septal defect in all patients, pulmonary stenosis, persistent ductus arteriosus and atrial septal defect in three, pulmonary perforation in one, and a hypoplastic aortic arch in one. In these patients, segmental analysis can be carried out satisfactorily using transthoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México. derubens@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Rubensfigueroa
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erdmenger Orellana
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muñoz Castellanos
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vázquez Antona
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buendía Hernández
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas Barrón
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003420:Crisscross Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult