Abstract
The ability of two dimensional echocardiography to define right and left ventricular morphology in congenital heart disease was examined in 19 patients with discordant ventricular connections and abnormal relations, but with two ventricles and two unambiguous atrioventricular (A-V) valves. The two dimensional echocardiographic criteria used to identify a chamber as having right morphology were (1) an irregular endocardial surface, (2) insertion of chordae tendineae into the ventricular septum, (3) presence of an infundibulum, (4) a triangular-shaped ventricular cavity, (5) observation of a moderator band, and (6) recognition of the A-V valve as tricuspid. The two dimensional echocardiographic criteria for a left ventricular morphology were (1) a smooth endocardial surface, (2) presence of two discrete papillary muscle groups, (3) an ellipsoid-shaped ventricular cavity, and (4) recognition of the A-V valve as mitral. Identification of the associated A-V valve as mitral or tricuspid was the most reliable criterion, defining each ventricle in all 19 patients. The nature of chordal attachment and papillary muscle insertion successfully identified all left-sided and posteriorly related ventricles and 9 of the 19 anterior ventricular chambers. Other criteria were less useful although, when observed, they confirmed the ventricular type.
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