Intraoperative mapping in patients with univentricular hearts. 1979

E Krongrad, and J R Malm

The location of the specialized cardiac conduction system in patients with univentricular hearts may be extremely variable. Electrophysiologic studies during open heart surgery identified the intraventricular conducting tissue to be consistently located in four sites. In patients with univentricular hearts without an outlet chamber, conducting tissue may be located either at 1. along the posterior wall or 2. along the anterior free wall of the ventricle. In patients with univentricular hearts and an outlet chamber, conducting tissue is uusally located anterior and superior to the bulboventricular foramen and then extends towards the atrium either 1. in between the bulboventricular foramen and the pulmonary valve or 2. along the right margin of the pulmonary artery over the anterior free wall of the ventricle towards the junction of the inter-atrial septum and the right atrial appendage. These electrophysiologic studies are consistent with previously described locations of conducting tissue in similar hearts by histologic methods. The different locations of the intraventricular conducting tissues in patients with univentricular hearts demonstrates the valve and the need for electrophysiologic mapping of the specialized cardiac conduction system during surgical repair of univentricular hearts.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D011664 Pulmonary Valve A valve situated at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle. Pulmonary Valves,Valve, Pulmonary,Valves, Pulmonary
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006329 Heart Conduction System An impulse-conducting system composed of modified cardiac muscle, having the power of spontaneous rhythmicity and conduction more highly developed than the rest of the heart. Conduction System, Heart,Conduction Systems, Heart,Heart Conduction Systems,System, Heart Conduction,Systems, Heart Conduction
D006345 Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular Developmental abnormalities in any portion of the VENTRICULAR SEPTUM resulting in abnormal communications between the two lower chambers of the heart. Classification of ventricular septal defects is based on location of the communication, such as perimembranous, inlet, outlet (infundibular), central muscular, marginal muscular, or apical muscular defect. Ventricular Septal Defects,Intraventricular Septal Defects,Ventricular Septal Defect,Defect, Intraventricular Septal,Defect, Ventricular Septal,Defects, Intraventricular Septal,Intraventricular Septal Defect,Septal Defect, Intraventricular,Septal Defect, Ventricular,Septal Defects, Intraventricular,Septal Defects, Ventricular
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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