ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
A cyanotic child and a newborn puppy were found to have a complicated cardiac malformation of essentially identical design. There was situs inversus of the cardiac chambers, hypoplasia of the anatomic left heart with transposition of the great vessels, pulmonary atresia, patent ductus arteriosus and drainage of all pulmonary veins into the anatomic right atrium. There was situs inversus totalis with pivotal levocardia in the child and dextrocardia in the puppy.The patient was markedly improved by a systemic-pulmonary arterial anastomosis indicating the feasibility of palliative surgery in spite of the servere cardiac abnormality.The association of visceral heterotaxy with an identical complicated malformation of the heart in the human and canine species appears to indicate a common developmental deviation and thus is considered to be of teratologic significance.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091490211
