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Congenital malformation of the left heart

MedGen UID:
868006
•Concept ID:
C4022397
•
Congenital Abnormality
HPO: HP:0045017

Definition

Defect or defects of the morphogenesis of the left heart identifiable at birth. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCongenital malformation of the left heart

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: The Padua criteria.
Corrado D, Perazzolo Marra M, Zorzi A, Beffagna G, Cipriani A, Lazzari M, Migliore F, Pilichou K, Rampazzo A, Rigato I, Rizzo S, Thiene G, Anastasakis A, Asimaki A, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Haugaa KH, Marchlinski FE, Mazzanti A, McKenna WJ, Pantazis A, Pelliccia A, Schmied C, Sharma S, Wichter T, Bauce B, Basso C
Int J Cardiol 2020 Nov 15;319:106-114. Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.06.005. PMID: 32561223
2019 HRS expert consensus statement on evaluation, risk stratification, and management of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
Towbin JA, McKenna WJ, Abrams DJ, Ackerman MJ, Calkins H, Darrieux FCC, Daubert JP, de Chillou C, DePasquale EC, Desai MY, Estes NAM 3rd, Hua W, Indik JH, Ingles J, James CA, John RM, Judge DP, Keegan R, Krahn AD, Link MS, Marcus FI, McLeod CJ, Mestroni L, Priori SG, Saffitz JE, Sanatani S, Shimizu W, van Tintelen JP, Wilde AAM, Zareba W
Heart Rhythm 2019 Nov;16(11):e301-e372. Epub 2019 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.05.007. PMID: 31078652
2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
Galiè N, Humbert M, Vachiery JL, Gibbs S, Lang I, Torbicki A, Simonneau G, Peacock A, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Beghetti M, Ghofrani A, Gomez Sanchez MA, Hansmann G, Klepetko W, Lancellotti P, Matucci M, McDonagh T, Pierard LA, Trindade PT, Zompatori M, Hoeper M; ESC Scientific Document Group
Eur Heart J 2016 Jan 1;37(1):67-119. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv317. PMID: 26320113

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Aortic Coarctation.
Kim YY, Andrade L, Cook SC
Cardiol Clin 2020 Aug;38(3):337-351. Epub 2020 May 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2020.04.003. PMID: 32622489
Fetal cardiac interventions: Where do we stand?
Friedman KG, Tworetzky W
Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2020 Feb;113(2):121-128. Epub 2020 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2019.06.007. PMID: 32113817
Diagnosis of major heart defects by routine first-trimester ultrasound examination: association with increased nuchal translucency, tricuspid regurgitation and abnormal flow in ductus venosus.
Minnella GP, Crupano FM, Syngelaki A, Zidere V, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020 May;55(5):637-644. doi: 10.1002/uog.21956. PMID: 31875326
Diagnosis of fetal non-chromosomal abnormalities on routine ultrasound examination at 11-13 weeks' gestation.
Syngelaki A, Hammami A, Bower S, Zidere V, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2019 Oct;54(4):468-476. doi: 10.1002/uog.20844. PMID: 31408229
Patent foramen ovale.
Homma S, Messé SR, Rundek T, Sun YP, Franke J, Davidson K, Sievert H, Sacco RL, Di Tullio MR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Jan 21;2:15086. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.86. PMID: 27188965

Diagnosis

Outcomes in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
Metcalf MK, Rychik J
Pediatr Clin North Am 2020 Oct;67(5):945-962. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.06.008. PMID: 32888691
The Forgotten Ventricle? The Left Ventricle in Right-Sided Congenital Heart Disease.
Tretter JT, Redington AN
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2018 Mar;11(3):e007410. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.007410. PMID: 29855426
Congenital Absence of the Pericardium.
Lopez D, Asher CR
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):398-406. Epub 2016 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.002. PMID: 27956198
Patent foramen ovale.
Homma S, Messé SR, Rundek T, Sun YP, Franke J, Davidson K, Sievert H, Sacco RL, Di Tullio MR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Jan 21;2:15086. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.86. PMID: 27188965
Aorto-ventricular tunnel.
McKay R
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2007 Oct 8;2:41. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-41. PMID: 17922908Free PMC Article

Therapy

A proposed strategy for anticoagulation therapy in noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
Chimenti C, Lavalle C, Magnocavallo M, Alfarano M, Mariani MV, Bernardini F, Della Rocca DG, Galardo G, Severino P, Di Lullo L, Miraldi F, Fedele F, Frustaci A
ESC Heart Fail 2022 Feb;9(1):241-250. Epub 2021 Dec 16 doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13694. PMID: 34918480Free PMC Article
Fetal cardiac interventions: Where do we stand?
Friedman KG, Tworetzky W
Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2020 Feb;113(2):121-128. Epub 2020 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2019.06.007. PMID: 32113817
Heart failure in single right ventricle congenital heart disease: physiological and molecular considerations.
Garcia AM, Beatty JT, Nakano SJ
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020 Apr 1;318(4):H947-H965. Epub 2020 Feb 28 doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00518.2019. PMID: 32108525Free PMC Article
Contemporary management and outcomes in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
Kutty S, Danford DA, Diller GP, Tutarel O
Heart 2018 Jul;104(14):1148-1155. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-311032. PMID: 29326110
Current Therapy for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Related Single Ventricle Lesions.
Ohye RG, Schranz D, D'Udekem Y
Circulation 2016 Oct 25;134(17):1265-1279. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022816. PMID: 27777296Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Diagnosis of major heart defects by routine first-trimester ultrasound examination: association with increased nuchal translucency, tricuspid regurgitation and abnormal flow in ductus venosus.
Minnella GP, Crupano FM, Syngelaki A, Zidere V, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020 May;55(5):637-644. doi: 10.1002/uog.21956. PMID: 31875326
The effect of congenital diaphragmatic hernia on the development of left-sided heart structures.
Coffman ZJ, McGahren ED, Vergales BD, Saunders CH, Vergales JE
Cardiol Young 2019 Jun;29(6):813-818. Epub 2019 Jun 6 doi: 10.1017/S1047951119000891. PMID: 31169099
Unmet needs in the cardiologic and neurologic work-up of left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction.
Stöllberger C, Finsterer J
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2016 Oct;14(10):1151-60. Epub 2016 Aug 1 doi: 10.1080/14779072.2016.1215244. PMID: 27442845
Congenitally corrected transposition.
Wallis GA, Debich-Spicer D, Anderson RH
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2011 May 14;6:22. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-22. PMID: 21569592Free PMC Article
Complex atrioventricular canal.
Mitchell ME, Litwin SB, Tweddell JS
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2007:32-41. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2007.01.002. PMID: 17433989

Clinical prediction guides

Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Expert Panel Paper.
Petersen SE, Jensen B, Aung N, Friedrich MG, McMahon CJ, Mohiddin SA, Pignatelli RH, Ricci F, Anderson RH, Bluemke DA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2023 Mar;16(3):408-425. Epub 2023 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.12.026. PMID: 36764891Free PMC Article
International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes.
Michelena HI, Della Corte A, Evangelista A, Maleszewski JJ, Edwards WD, Roman MJ, Devereux RB, Fernández B, Asch FM, Barker AJ, Sierra-Galan LM, De Kerchove L, Fernandes SM, Fedak PWM, Girdauskas E, Delgado V, Abbara S, Lansac E, Prakash SK, Bissell MM, Popescu BA, Hope MD, Sitges M, Thourani VH, Pibarot P, Chandrasekaran K, Lancellotti P, Borger MA, Forrest JK, Webb J, Milewicz DM, Makkar R, Leon MB, Sanders SP, Markl M, Ferrari VA, Roberts WC, Song JK, Blanke P, White CS, Siu S, Svensson LG, Braverman AC, Bavaria J, Sundt TM, El Khoury G, De Paulis R, Enriquez-Sarano M, Bax JJ, Otto CM, Schäfers HJ
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021 Sep;162(3):e383-e414. Epub 2021 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.019. PMID: 34304896
Diagnosis of major heart defects by routine first-trimester ultrasound examination: association with increased nuchal translucency, tricuspid regurgitation and abnormal flow in ductus venosus.
Minnella GP, Crupano FM, Syngelaki A, Zidere V, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020 May;55(5):637-644. doi: 10.1002/uog.21956. PMID: 31875326
Congenital abnormalities of the aortic arch: revisiting the 1964 Stewart classification.
Li S, Wen H, Liang M, Luo D, Qin Y, Liao Y, Ouyang S, Bi J, Tian X, Norwitz ER, Luo G
Cardiovasc Pathol 2019 Mar-Apr;39:38-50. Epub 2018 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.11.004. PMID: 30623879
Aorto-ventricular tunnel.
McKay R
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2007 Oct 8;2:41. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-41. PMID: 17922908Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Tetralogy of Fallot: An Updated Meta-Analysis.
Van den Eynde J, Sá MPBO, Vervoort D, Roever L, Meyns B, Budts W, Gewillig M, Ruhparwar A, Zhigalov K, Weymann A
Ann Thorac Surg 2022 Mar;113(3):1036-1046. Epub 2020 Dec 27 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.040. PMID: 33378694
Mitral annular disjunction: A systematic review of the literature.
Bennett S, Thamman R, Griffiths T, Oxley C, Khan JN, Phan T, Patwala A, Heatlie G, Kwok CS
Echocardiography 2019 Aug;36(8):1549-1558. Epub 2019 Aug 5 doi: 10.1111/echo.14437. PMID: 31385360
Global birth prevalence of congenital heart defects 1970-2017: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of 260 studies.
Liu Y, Chen S, Zühlke L, Black GC, Choy MK, Li N, Keavney BD
Int J Epidemiol 2019 Apr 1;48(2):455-463. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz009. PMID: 30783674Free PMC Article
Outcome of prenatally diagnosed fetal heterotaxy: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Buca DIP, Khalil A, Rizzo G, Familiari A, Di Giovanni S, Liberati M, Murgano D, Ricciardulli A, Fanfani F, Scambia G, D'Antonio F
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2018 Mar;51(3):323-330. doi: 10.1002/uog.17546. PMID: 28603940
Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
van der Linde D, Konings EE, Slager MA, Witsenburg M, Helbing WA, Takkenberg JJ, Roos-Hesselink JW
J Am Coll Cardiol 2011 Nov 15;58(21):2241-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.025. PMID: 22078432

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