Interatrial Communications

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How common are interatrial communications —mostly the theostium secundum type of atrial septal defect and ostium primum type of atrial septal defect ( Figs. 9.1 and 9.2 )? Is atrial…

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Juxtaposition of the Atrial Appendages

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The anomaly now known as juxtaposition of the atrial appendages (JAA) was first described, to the best of our knowledge, by Thore in 1843 in an 11-day-old boy with left-sided…

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Double-Outlet and Common-Outlet Right Atrium

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Definition The morphologically right atrium (RA) opens into both the morphologically right ventricle (RV) and the morphologically left ventricle (LV) via two atrioventricular (AV) valves resulting in double-outlet right atrium…

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Systemic Venous Anomalies

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We shall begin the specific anomalies section with systemic venous malformations because this book is organized in a venoarterial or blood-flow sequence—segment by segment, alignment by alignment, and connection by…

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Segmental Anatomy

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The segmental approach to the diagnosis of congenital heart disease is based on an understanding of the morphologic and segmental anatomy of the heart. The morphologic anatomy of the heart…

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The Congenital Cardiac Pathology Database

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An accurate, statistically analyzed database is considered to be of fundamental importance in the effort to make our field more quantitative. At present, almost no book on pediatric cardiology, pediatric…

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Embryology and Etiology

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In the human, an embryo may be defined as the developing organism from fertilization until the end of the second month of gestation, that is, from 0 to 60 days…

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Morphologic Anatomy

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An understanding of normal morphologic anatomy is basic to the accurate diagnosis of congenital heart disease. One of the diagnostic problems posed by complex congenital heart disease is that any…

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Brief History of the Cardiovascular System

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Who really discovered the circulation of the blood? Although much has been written, the correct answer to this fundamental question remains largely unknown. The early history of the development of…

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