Cardiac CT in criss-cross heart

Cardiac CT of a Criss-Cross Heart: A Case Report

A criss-cross heart is an extremely rare congenital anomaly that is commonly associated with complex cardiac defects. The literature on imaging of such a condition is limited. In particular, cardiac CT imaging of criss-cross heart is sparse. We present a case of a full-term infant with criss-cross heart, in which cardiac CT delineated the complex heart anatomy and confirmed known echocardiograp...

The Criss-Cross Heart

During infancy, the patient was diagnosed with a large VSD and underwent PA banding through a left thoracotomy at the age of 5 months. At the time of PA banding for this patient, two-dimensional echocardiography and MRI were not yet available, and the complex anatomy could not be detected as easily as it can be today. When he was 4 years old, he underwent a sternotomy to close the VSD. However,...

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Criss - cross heart Author : Doctor

Anatomy of a criss-cross heart.

To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Araoz et al1 and its description and beautiful three-dimensional (3D) images of a rare criss-cross heart. The 3D gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images clearly demonstrate the complex anatomy, in particular the relationship between the crossed atrioventricular pathways. Based on the images presented, however, the assig...