Series on Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
ECHO-MORPHOLOGIC CORRELATES: ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
by R H Anderson & M L Rigby (Imperial College)
This videotape demonstrates the morphologic basis, and cross-sectional echocardiographic correlates, of the commonest congenital cardiac malformations. It follows closely than introductory videotape on echo-morphologic correlates of the normal heart. This tape is concerned with the atrioventricular septal defect in the setting of a common atrioventricular junction. This entity, previously known as the atrioventricular canal or endocardial cushion defect, is now usually described as the "atrioventricular septal defect". The commonest variants are the "ostium primum" defect, or the so-called complete type with a common atrioventricular valve. As shown in the video, however, the lesion can also be found when shunting is restricted at the ventricular level. The pathognomonic feature in all examples is the common atrioventricular junction. The morphologic material is demonstrated by Professor Bob Anderson, while the echocardiographic correlates are demonstrated using pre-recorded videos and "live" demonstrations by Dr Mike Rigby. Both are world-acknowledged experts in this particular field.
Professor R H Anderson, BSc, MD, FRCPath, is in the Section of Paediatrics at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Campus, Imperial College School of Medicine, London.
Michael L Rigby, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, is Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.
Produced with the help of an Educational Grant from Hewlett-Packard Ltd. Video produced by Imperial College TV Studio.
Readership: Paediatric cardiologists, physicians, medical students and
researchers.
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