Surgical implications of juxtaposition of the atrial appendages

[Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages].

Six cases of juxtaposition of the atrial appendages are documented by necropsied specimens and analyzed. A high incidence of conotruncal anomalies, especially transposition of the great arteries, further A-V valve abnormalities, and pulmonary valve atresia, is found. The recognition of juxtaposition of the atrial appendages during cardiac catheterization should alert the investigator to the pre...

Right juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.

We present an infant with right-sided juxtaposition of atrial appendages who had open heart surgery for ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Of 12 cases thus far reported, ventricular d-loop was observed in nine, and normal position of great vessels in four. Contrary to previous views, this condition may not be accompanied by severe conotruncal anomalies.

Complete correction of transposition of the great arteries with left juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.

Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages is an uncommon anomaly which is usually associated with transposition of the great arteries. Experience with five patients with transposition of the great arteries in combination with juxtaposition of the atrial appendages in whom Mustard's operation was performed is reviewed. Technically, the existence of juxtaposition of the atrial appendages in correcti...

Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages: a report of six necropsied cases.

Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages; two cases of an unusual congenital cardiac deformity.

The two hearts here reported showed opposite manifestations of disordered bending of the primitive cardiac tube at an early stage of ontogeny. In both, the atrial appendages lay side by side instead of encircling the roots of the great vessels. In the first the two appendages lay to the right of both great vessels, a condition that does not appear to have been described. In the other both appen...