Caught-off guard: Unguarded mitral valve orifice in usual atrial arrangement with discordant atrioventricular connections and pulmonary atresia

Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Jan-Mar;13(1):84-86. doi: 10.4103/apc.APC_4_19. Epub 2019 Jun 26.

Abstract

Unguarding of an atrioventricular valvar orifice is a rare form of congenital heart disease that requires staged functionally univentricular palliation. Unguarding of the mitral valvar orifice has previously been reported in the setting of mirror-imaged atrial arrangement. We report a neonate with unguarding of the mitral valvar orifice in the setting of usual atrial arrangement, but with discordant atrioventricular connections and pulmonary atresia.

Keywords: Atrioventricular discordance; mitral incompetence; pulmonary atresia.

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