The Anatomy of a Collection

An old collection of 81 congenitally malformed hearts was examined in detail using the system of sequential segmental analysis. The specimens were almost entirely from infants and young children who had died during the two decades between 1954 and 1973. There had been surgical intervention in 26 cas...

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Published in:Cardiovascular pathology 1999-03, Vol.8 (2), p.103-107
Main Authors: Gerlis, L.M, Ho, S.Y, Anderson, R.H, Branfoot, A.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Heart Septal Defects - pathology
Heart Septal Defects - surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
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Summary:An old collection of 81 congenitally malformed hearts was examined in detail using the system of sequential segmental analysis. The specimens were almost entirely from infants and young children who had died during the two decades between 1954 and 1973. There had been surgical intervention in 26 cases, and most of these patients died during or shortly after the operation. The various anomalies are listed, and the pattern of prevalence is contrasted to that of present-day collections. Among the many interesting specimens there was a fine example of one of the rarest of cardiac anomalies, a criss-cross arrangement of atrioventricular connections. The collection, as an entity, gives an interesting historical insight of the state of congenital heart disease during the early years of the development of cardiac surgery.
ISSN:1054-8807
1879-1336
DOI:10.1016/S1054-8807(98)00028-3