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We studied 50 left ventricular cineangiograms and 41 right ventricular cineangiograms of 40 patients with usual atrial arrangement (situs solitus) together with concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connexions (complete transposition), catheterized between 1 day and 12 months of age. Our purpose was to evaluate ventricular development and function. The patients were subdivided on the basis of associated lesions into groups with intact ventricular septum; with ventricular septal defect; with ventricular septal defect together with pulmonary stenosis and with pulmonary stenosis in isolation. Each group was further separated according to age into those patients below and above 60 days. Ventricular volumes, ejection fraction and the ratio between systolic pressure and end-systolic volume were evaluated for both ventricles. The left ventricular mass, stress, and the ratio of stress to end-systolic volume were also calculated. A volume overload leads to increased left ventricular volume even at birth. With an intact ventricular septum, the left ventricle in patients with complete transposition is normal at birth and also during the first weeks of life. Myocardial mass, however, does not increase proportionately with increase in volume as the patient grows and it remains inadequate by the age of one year. The left ventricular mass is also inadequate in patients with associated anomalies when the left ventricular pressure is less than 60 mm Hg. Moreover, the left ventricle in presence of an intact ventricular septum presents a decrease in contractility during the first year of life despite the finding of a satisfactory arterial oxygen saturation. The right ventricle has a normal volume at birth which increases during the first year due to a greater diastolic filling following atrial septostomy. We noted a progressive decrease in ejection fraction, however, which is related to various factors including a reduction in contractility.
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