Open AccessCrisscross heart with dextrocardia and intact interventricular septum
Author(s) -
P Kader Muneer,
Sajeer Kalathingathodika,
Govindan Sajeev Chakanalil,
Manuel M Sony
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.126571
Subject(s) - dextrocardia , medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , interventricular septum , heart disease , anatomy , ventricle
Crisscross heart is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by a twisted atrioventricular connection, as a result of rotation of the ventricular mass along its long axis. We report an asymptomatic 48-year-old woman referred to us for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. Further evaluation showed situs solitus, dextrocardia with normal atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connection, and a crisscross relation of the atrioventricular valves. Unlike the usual case of crisscross heart, our patient had an intact ventricular septum.