Criss-cross heart: report of three cases with double-inlet ventricles diagnosedin utero

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,...

[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...

Criss-cross heart: report of two cases, anatomic and surgical description and literature review.

Criss-cross heart is an extremely rare anomaly, characterized by an abnormal rotation of the ventricular mass along its major axis. It may be associated with any malformation of the heart segments and connections. Due to the complex structural changes and rarity of the anomaly, the rotation of ventricular axis is often misdiagnosed. In this paper, two cases of criss-cross heart are reported, wi...

Criss-cross heart with d-ventricular loop.

To the Editor: In a recent issue of Circulation, we saw the interesting images concerning magnetic resonance angiography in a patient with criss-cross heart.1 In the description of the case, the authors correctly report the atrial situs (solitus), the position of the ventricle (inverted), and the connection of the great arteries (discordant with L-position of the aorta). This is the most freque...