Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH): Difference between revisions

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==== Case report ====  
==== Case report ====  
==== Introduction ====
==== Introduction ====
[[File:Figure 5.png|thumb|right|*Figure 5. Left: schematic drawing of a normal heart with a normal mitral (M) and tricuspid (T) valve. Middle: a complete AVSD where the mitral and tricuspid valve is replaced by a common valve with a right anterosuperior leaflet (1), a right inferior leaflet (2), a superior bridging leaflet (3), an inferior bridging leaflet (4), and a left mural leaflet (5). Right: showing the anatomic arrangement in an incomplete AVSD. a=aorta, p= pulmonary artery.]]
[[File:5. AVSD.PNG|thumb|left|*Figure 5. Left: schematic drawing of a normal heart with a normal mitral (M) and tricuspid (T) valve. Middle: a complete AVSD where the mitral and tricuspid valve is replaced by a common valve with a right anterosuperior leaflet (1), a right inferior leaflet (2), a superior bridging leaflet (3), an inferior bridging leaflet (4), and a left mural leaflet (5). Right: showing the anatomic arrangement in an incomplete AVSD. a=aorta, p= pulmonary artery.]]
The atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) consist of several different lesions with a common atrioventricular (AV) junction and abnormal AV valves, consisting of five leaflets (Figure 5). The AVSD makes 3 procent of all congenital heart defects in children.
The atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) consist of several different lesions with a common atrioventricular (AV) junction and abnormal AV valves, consisting of five leaflets (Figure 5). The AVSD makes 3 procent of all congenital heart defects in children.


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