Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Identifier
PMCID: PMC2921512 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.64367
Abstract
Controversy still exists in the categorization of holes between the ventricles, although they are the most common congenital cardiac malformation. Advanced imaging techniques such as three-dimensional echocardiography and computed tomographic angiography offer superb anatomical details of these defects. In this review, we have sought to collate the features highlighted in different categorizations and identify their similarities, but also emphasize their differences. We hope that an analysis of this type, now achievable during life, using advanced imaging, might lead to the appearance of a unified system for diagnosis and description of holes between the ventricles.
Journal Title
Ann Pediatr Cardiol
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
12
Last Page
24
MeSH Keywords
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular/classification
Keywords
Doubly committed and juxta-arterial defects; interventricular communication; muscular defects; perimembranous defects; ventricular septal defects
Recommended Citation
Friedman, B. A., Hlavacek, A., Chessa, K., Shirali, G. S., Corcrain, E., Spicer, D., Anderson, R. H., Zyblewski, S. Clinico-morphological correlations in the categorization of holes between the ventricles. Ann Pediatr Cardiol 3, 12-24 (2010).
Included in
Cardiology Commons, Cardiovascular System Commons, Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Commons, Pediatrics Commons
