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Topsy‐turvy heart: A first recorded case report with intracardiac anomaly
Author(s) -
Alkhateeb Areej,
Mansour Amr,
Tanidir Ibrahim Cansaran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14950
Subject(s) - medicine , aortopulmonary window , intracardiac injection , cardiology , pulmonary artery
Abstract Topsy‐turvy heart is a rare congenital anomaly; it has a specific characteristic of cardiac malrotation and superior–inferior arrangement of right/left ventricles. A five‐day‐old patient was diagnosed antenatally with hypoplastic left heart and right hydronephrosis and had been admitted to the hospital with symptoms of respiratory distress. The postnatal imaging studies revealed an abnormal ventricular arrangement with a large aortopulmonary window, ventricular septal defect (VSD), and the upside‐down orientation resulting in the posterior–inferior displacement of the common arterial confluence and, in turn, the left main bronchial stenosis. For the first time, the diagnosis of a topsy‐turvy heart with the intracardiac anomaly (VSD) was confirmed.