Chapter 15. Common Atrioventricular Canal Defects

  1. Wyman W. Lai MD, MPH Director Associate Professor1,2,
  2. Luc L. Mertens MD, PhD Section Head Associate Professor3,4,
  3. Meryl S. Cohen MD Associate Professor Director5,6,7,
  4. Tal Geva MD Professor of Pediatrics Chief8,9
  1. Meryl S. Cohen MD Associate Professor Director5,6,7

Published Online: 5 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444306309.ch15

Book Title

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

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How to Cite

Cohen, M. S. (2009) Common Atrioventricular Canal Defects, in Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult (eds W. W. Lai, L. L. Mertens, M. S. Cohen and T. Geva), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444306309.ch15

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Columbia University, USA

  2. 2

    Non-Invasive Cardiology Imaging, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA

  3. 3

    Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

  4. 4

    University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

  5. 5

    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  6. 6

    Echocardiography Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  7. 7

    Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, The Children' Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  8. 8

    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  9. 9

    Division of Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, Department of Cardiology, Children' Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

Author Information

  1. 5

    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  2. 6

    Echocardiography Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  3. 7

    Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, The Children' Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 AUG 2009
  2. Published Print: 25 SEP 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405174015

Online ISBN: 9781444306309

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Keywords:

  • common atrioventricular canal defects;
  • “common atrioventricular canal” - cardiac defects;
  • common atrioventricular canal defect (CAVC);
  • imaging of complete CAVC;
  • imaging of incomplete and transitional CAVC;
  • imaging of unbalanced CAVC;
  • follow-up echocardiographic assessment;
  • 3D image and left atrioventricular valve “cleft”of AVC

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Definition

  • Incidence

  • Etiology

  • Morphology and classification

  • Pathophysiology

  • Imaging

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

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