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Cleft mitral valve in transposition with intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Samuel Menahem  and
Robert H. Anderson
Samuel Menahem
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children’s Hospital & Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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Abstract

We describe two cases of an isolated cleft of the mitral valve in transposition with intact ventricular septum. The cleft is positioned leftward in the pulmonary leaflet, at about 2 o’clock, when viewed from below looking at the cardiac short axis with the right ventricle to one’s left hand. Such clefts, when seen in the Taussig-Bing malformation are also positioned leftward.

In keeping with our current knowledge of cardiac development, our cases provide further evidence that transposition with an intact ventricular septum is the end-point of the Taussig-Bing spectrum.

Keywords

Discordant ventriculo-arterial connectionsTaussig-Bing malformationtrifoliate left atrioventricular valve

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 550 - 552
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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