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The morphology and diagnosis of atrioventricular septal defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Robert H. Anderson ,
Edward J. Baker ,
Siew Yen Ho ,
Michael L. Rigby  and
Tjark Ebels
Robert H. Anderson*
Affiliation:
From the Department ofPaediatrics, National Heart & Lung Institute, London
Edward J. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London
Siew Yen Ho
Affiliation:
From the Department ofPaediatrics, National Heart & Lung Institute, London
Michael L. Rigby
Affiliation:
From the Department ofPaediatrics, National Heart & Lung Institute, London
Tjark Ebels
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Groningen
*
Robert H. Anderson, Department of Paediatrics, National Heart ' Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street. London SW3 6LY, United Kingdom
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Summary

In this review, we discuss and describe those features which distinguish hearts with abnormal atrioventricular septation from the normal heart. The hearts, best described as atrioventricular septal defects, are unified by having a common atrioventricular junction guarded by a valve having five leaflets. The left component has three leaflets and cannot be interpreted in terms of a cleft in a normal mitral valve. The papillary muscles supporting this valve are also markedly dissimilar from the arrangement seen in normal hearts. The subaortic outflow tract is displaced superiorly compared to the normal heart, and is no longer wedged between the left valve and the septum. There is marked discrepancy in the inlet and outlet lengths of the ventricular mass, these dimensions being equal in hearts with normal atrioventricular septation. Although having the above features in common, atrioventricular septal defects show anatomic variations related to the arrangement of the bridging leaflets and their relationship to the septal structures. There may be a common valvar orifice or separate right and left orifices. The anatomic potential for shunting may be at atrial or ventricular levels, or both. Rarely, the septal structures may be intact. Other important features include ventricular dominance, the left ventricular outflow tract, and the disposition of the atrioventricular conduction tissues.

Type
The World Forum for Pediatric Cardiology Symposium on Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 290 - 305
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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