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Superoinferior Ventricles with Superior Left Ventricle and Inferior Right Ventricle: A Newly Recognized Form of Congenital Heart Disease

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We report the first known case of superoinferior ventricles with a superior morphologically left ventricle and an inferior morphologically right ventricle. This 2½-year-old boy also had dextrocardia, double-outlet right ventricle {S,L,L}, right-sided mitral atresia, left-sided tricuspid regurgitation, a large conoventricular type of ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary outflow tract stenosis. This very rare form of superoinferior ventricles appears to be due to excessive levorotation (≃170°) of discordant L-loop ventricles.

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  1. The Cardiac Registry, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

    D. Porras, M. Loukas & R. Van Praagh

  2. Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    C. Kratz, N. H. van Doesburg & A. Davignon

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Porras, D., Kratz, C., Loukas, M. et al. Superoinferior Ventricles with Superior Left Ventricle and Inferior Right Ventricle: A Newly Recognized Form of Congenital Heart Disease . Pediatr Cardiol 24, 604–607 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0396-9

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