Tricuspid Atresia
Chapter 25 Tricuspid Atresia Tricuspid atresia was described in 1817,1 but almost a century elapsed before the great arterial relationships were defined.2 Because of the morphologic heterogeneity of the malformation,…
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Chapter 6 Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries More than a century elapsed before Karl von Rokitansky1 applied the term corrected to a hitherto undescribed form of transposition of…
Truncus Arteriosus
Chapter 28 Truncus Arteriosus Truncus arteriosus was recognized in 1798,1 and the clinical and necropsy findings were described in 1864.2 Humphreys summarized the reports up to 1932, and Lev and…
Pulmonary Stenosis with Interatrial Communication
Chapter 16 Pulmonary Stenosis with Interatrial Communication In 1769, Giovanni Battista Morgagni1 described pulmonary stenosis with a patent foramen ovale, and in 1848, Thomas Peacock2 published “Contraction of the Orifice…
Congenital Coronary Arterial Fistula
Chapter 22 Congenital Coronary Arterial Fistula Coronary arterial fistulas are the most frequent functionally significant congenital malformations of the coronary circulation; they comprise 14% of all congenital coronary artery anomalies…
Congenital Aneurysms of the Sinuses of Valsalva
Chapter 23 Congenital Aneurysms of the Sinuses of Valsalva Antonio Maria Valsalva, anatomist and pathologist, was born in 1666 in the historic Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The sinuses that…
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Trunk
Chapter 21 Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Trunk In 1886, St. John Brooks1 described two cases of “an abnormal coronary artery arising from the pulmonary…
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 14 Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary arterial pressure was measured in 1852,1 but a century elapsed before cardiac catheterization provided the means for studying the physiology of the lesser circulation….
Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Circulation
Chapter 32 Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Circulation The word coronary is derived from the Latin coronarius (pertaining to a crown), translated from the Greek stephanos (wreath), which refers to…
Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
Chapter 24 Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum Thomas Peacock,1 in his first edition of Malformations of the Human Heart, wrote: “… the orifice or trunk of the pulmonary artery…
