'A twist in the heart' - Echocardiographic diagnosis of criss-cross heart.

ABSTRACT: Criss-cross heart is an extremely rare congenital anomaly seen in less than 0.1% of all congenital heart diseases. We present a case of criss-cross heart in a 13-year-old boy. Suspicion of criss-cross heart occurred when all the four chambers of the heart could not be profiled in a single four-chamber view and a vertical septum was noticed in parasternal short-axis view. In this patient there was a ventricular septal defect along with this anomaly. Criss-cross heart usually presents with atrioventricular concordance and ventriculoarterial discordance. This case is unique and rare with atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial concordance. <Learning objective: Suspicion of criss-cross heart is made when it is not possible to visualize all the four cardiac chambers in the apical four-ch

SUBMITTER: Kadermuneer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279680 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature