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Atresia of left atrioventricular connection. Surgical considerations.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Shore, Darryl F. Jones, O. D. Rigby, Michael L. Anderson, Robert H. Lincoln, Christopher |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Abstract | We have studied 17 patients diagnosed in life as having absent left atrioventricular connection (14 patients) or an imperforate left atrioventricular valve (three patients). Ten patients presented below the age of 3 months with tachypnoea, mild cyanosis, and heart failure. Seven patients, including two with moderate and one with severe pulmonary outflow tract obstruction, presented at a mean age of 45 months (range six months to 16 years). Six patients had a non-restrictive interatrial communication when first catheterised. In the remainder the mean interatrial gradient was 14 mmHg. Excluding patients with pulmonary outflow tract obstruction the |
| Starting Page | 35 |
| Ending Page | 40 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/47/1/35.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 7055510v1 |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | British heart journal |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cyanosis Heart failure Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Impatent structure Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome Mobitz type I incomplete atrioventricular block Obstruction Patients |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
