Key result
Cardiac CT successfully delineated the complex anatomy of a criss-cross heart, revealing atrioventricular discordance, double outlet right ventricle, and dextro-malposed great arteries.
Why the study?
Criss-cross heart is an uncommon congenital rotational anomaly accounting for less than 0.1% of congenital heart defects, and cardiac CT imaging of the condition is sparse.
Case Report (n=1)
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Cardiac CT provides high-quality, low-radiation imaging that is highly useful for the pre-operative evaluation of complex congenital anomalies like criss-cross heart.
Case report augments sparse CT data on criss-cross heart; leaves open its role in guiding management of rare congenital anomalies.
A criss-cross heart is an uncommon congenital rotational anomaly. It accounts for less than 0.1% of all congenital heart defects. The anomaly is characterized by crossing of the atrioventricular connections caused by rotation of the heart about its long axis. It is commonly associated with diverse cardiac defects. Cardiac CT imaging of criss-cross heart is sparse. We present a case of 1-year-old child with chief complaints of bluish discoloration of the body and fast breathing. Cardiac CT revealed atrial situs solitus, criss-cross-atrioventricular connections, atrioventricular discordance, double outlet right ventricle and dextro-malposed great arteries (Van Praagh S,D,D).
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Sidhu et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Criss-cross heart (n=1). Cardiac CT was evaluated on Anatomical evaluation of congenital heart defects. Cardiac CT successfully delineated the complex anatomy of a criss-cross heart, revealing atrioventricular discordance, double outlet right ventricle, and dextro-malposed great arteries.
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