Why the study?
Can two-dimensional echocardiography reliably identify common atrioventricular valves in patients with univentricular hearts?
Can two-dimensional echocardiography reliably identify common atrioventricular valves in patients with univentricular hearts?
Two-dimensional echocardiography provides a reliable non-invasive method for identifying common atrioventricular valves and rudimentary chamber positions in univentricular hearts.
Supports non-invasive AV valve assessment in univentricular hearts; leaves open reliability for routine diagnosis.
Twelve patients with univentricular heart and common atrioventricular valve were identified by two-dimensional echocardiography. Seven had an ostium primum atrial septal defect and five a common atrium. The common atrioventricular valve had the appearance of a free floating anterior leaflet flanked by two lateral leaflets. The position of the rudimentary chamber in relation to the atrioventricular valve was posterior in six and anterior in two; no chamber was identified in four. Two-dimensional echocardiography provides a reliable method for the identification of common atrioventricular valve in univentricular heart.
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