The pathology of congenital heart disease has attracted much attention over the past years, as exemplified by various excellent textbooks. Most texts include a description of the position and course of the atrioventricular con duction tissues, but usually propose rules in a general setting. No systematic and meticulous description of the atrioventricular conduction tissues as they relate to the margins of septal defects in various types of congenital cardiac malformations is, to the best of our knowledge, yet available. Such detailed information is of value for cardiologists, pathologists, and surgeons alike. The cardiologist needs the information for electrophysio logical studies, including electrocardiographic tracings, as one of the tools in refining diagnosis. The pathologist should have a full understanding of the disposition of the atrioventricular conduction tissues in complex congenital malformations, not only in order to able to communicate with cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a given case, but also because pathologists are in a unique position to enhance the understanding of atrioventricular conduction in complex congenital heart disease by means of continuous close cooperation with those in the clinical and surgical arena. For the surgeon, in-depth knowledge of atrioventricular conduction and its variability is imperative, particularly in view of the ongoing refinements in surgical techniques and options for repair, as well as improvements in the understanding of preopera tive and postoperative cardiac performance.
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978-4-431-68045-1 (9784431680451)
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10.1007/978-4-431-68045-1
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. Normal Heart.- Normal Anatomy.- General Conclusions.- 2. Isolated Ventricular Septal Defect.- Classification of Ventricular Septal Defect.- Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect.- Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Doubly Committed Subarterial Ventricular Septal Defect.- General Conclusions.- 3. Atrioventricular Septal Defect.- Atrioventricular Septal Defect with Common Orifice.- General Conclusions.- 4. Tetralogy of Fallot.- Tetralogy of Fallot with Perimembranous Outlet Ventricular Septal Defect.- Tetralogy of Fallot with Muscular Outlet Ventricular Septal Defect.- General Conclusions.- 5. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle.- Double-Outlet Right Ventricle with Subaortic Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect.- Double-Outlet Right Ventricle with Subpulmonary Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect.- General Conclusions.- 6. Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Complete Transposition with Large Perimembranous Outlet/Trabecular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Transposition with Perimembranous Trabecular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Transposition with Right-Sided Malalignment Perimembranous Outlet/Trabecular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Transposition with Left-Sided Malalignment Perimembranous Outlet/Trabecular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Transposition with Right-Sided Malalignment Muscular Trabecular Ventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Transposition with Doubly Committed Subarterial Ventricular Septal Defect.- General Conclusions.- 7. Congenitally Corrected Transposition.- Congenitally Corrected Transposition: Usual Type.- Congenitally Corrected Transposition with Straddling Mitral Valve and Pulmonary Stenosis.- Congenitally Corrected Transposition with Straddling Mitral Valve: Unusual Variant.- General Conclusions.- 8. Double-Inlet Left Ventricle.- Double-Inlet Left Ventricle with Left-Sided Rudimentary Right Ventricle and Discordant Arterial Connection.- General Conclusions.
