Congenital heart disease. Report of a case of dextroposition, persistence of an early stage of embryonic development of the heart, persistent truncus arteriosus, abnormal systemic and pulmonic veins, and subdiaphragmatic situs inversus

UTHSC Affiliation

College of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1939

Publication Title

American Heart Journal

Volume

18

Issue

2

Abstract

A case of congenital malformations with several unusual features is reported. These features include situs inversus viscerum below the diaphragm but not above; dextroposition of the heart; cessation of development of the heart at the fifth-sixth week stage of embryonic development; persistence of a truncus arteriosus with pulmonary arteries branching from this; two superior venae cavae and a left-sided inferior vena cava; and very abnormal pulmonary veins. © 1939.

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