Complete Transposition of Great Arteries With Dominant Left Ventricle: Long-Term Survival in Natural History.

We report the case of an adult patient, affected by complete transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect, who survived until 68 years of age without surgery, thanks to the presence of a common atrium and pulmonary stenosis. ().

Coronary Arteries: Normal Anatomy With Historical Notes and Embryology of Main Stems.

Anatomy of subepicardial coronary arteries became a topic of investigation at autopsy in Florence (Italy) by Banchi in the early twentieth century, with the discovery of dominant and balanced patterns. Thereafter, in the 60's of the same century Baroldi in Milan did post-mortem injection with spectacular three-dimensional casts. Later Sones at the Cleveland Clinic introduced selective coronary arteriography for visualization of coronary arteries.

Sudden Death and Coronary Artery Anomalies.

Congenital coronary artery anomalies (CAA) include a wide spectrum of malformations present at birth with various clinical manifestations and degrees of severity. Patients may be asymptomatic, and CAA may be an incidental finding during cardiac imaging or at autopsy. However, in other cases, ischemia-related signs and symptoms, leading to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), often as first presentation may occur.

Isomerism of the atrial appendages: morphology and terminology.

Background: Our aim is to identify the pathognomonic anatomical markers and the best terminology to describe the cardiac malformations associated with absent or multiple spleens, which are known as asplenia or polysplenia syndromes or isomerism.

Materials And Methods: We have reviewed 65 hearts with isomerism of atrial appendages of the Anatomical Collections of Congenital Heart Disease, Institute of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Padua consisting of 1800 specimens. All the hearts were classified according to sequential segmental classification.