(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 14.1 General Considerations Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, also known as anomalous pulmonary venous connection, refers to the condition in which…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 11.1 Atrial Septal Defect 11.1.1 Formation of Atrial Septal Defect An atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormality that occurs…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China This chapter focuses primarily on the primary ventricular septal defect (VSD). The VSD that occurs as a component of other…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 26.1 General Considerations 26.1.1 Definition Corrected transposition of the great arteries (CTGA) is a condition in which the connections of…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 15.1 General Considerations The proximal aortic arch is the beginning part of the innominate artery; the distal aortic arch is…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 25.1 General Considerations TGA, also referred to as transposition of the great arteries, is a case in which the primary…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 19.1 General Considerations Single ventricle is a congenital cardiac malformation in which both atria are connected to only one ventricle…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 27.1 General Considerations Pulmonary atresia (PA) is a form of congenital pulmonary dysplasia in which the PV does not form…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 28.1 General Considerations DOLV is a rare deformity of the connection of the LV and the main artery. The two…
(1) Department of General surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China 7.1 Structure and Characteristics of the Left Atrium The left atrium (LA) lies behind the ascending aorta and is superior…
