Ventricular Septal Defect
Chapter 17 Ventricular Septal Defect In 1879, Henri Roger wrote, “A developmental defect of the heart occurs from which cyanosis does not ensue in spite of the fact that a…
Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stenosis
Chapter 18 Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stenosis Ventricular septal defects with obstruction to right ventricular outflow encompass a wide range of anatomic malformations and their physiologic and clinical expressions….
Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries
Chapter 27 Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries In 1797, Matthew Baillie called attention to “a singular malformation in which the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle and the…
Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch
Chapter 8 Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch In 1760, the Prussian anatomist, Johann Friedreich Meckel, characterized coarctation of the aorta as an “extraordinary dilatation of the heart…
Univentricular Heart
Chapter 26 Univentricular Heart In 1858, Thomas Peacock described hearts in which “The auricular sinuses are separated by a more or less complete septum, and there are generally two auriculo-ventricular…
Congenital Aortic Stenosis: Congenital Aortic Regurgitation
Chapter 7 Congenital Aortic Stenosis Congenital Aortic Regurgitation Clinical evaluation of congenital obstruction to left ventricular outflow seeks to establish the presence and degree of obstruction and the level and…
Cardiac Malpositions
Chapter 3 Cardiac Malpositions “The heart may be congenitally misplaced in various ways, occupying either an unusual position within the thorax, or being situated external to that cavity.” Thomas B….
Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis
Chapter 11 Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis Congenital obstruction to right ventricular outflow in hearts with two noninverted ventricles originates in, below, or above the pulmonary valve. Three morphologic types of pulmonary…
Double Outlet Ventricle
Chapter 19 Double Outlet Ventricle The earliest report that alluded to double outlet right ventricle was published in French in 1703.1 Ninety years elapsed before an English-language publication appeared.2 In…
Ebstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve
Chapter 13 Ebstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve In June 1864, a 19-year-old laborer was admitted to the All-Saints Hospital in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Poland, where he died 8 days…
