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Abnormal anatomic location of the heart

MedGen UID:
870897
•Concept ID:
C4025359
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0004307

Definition

Developmental defect characterized by an anomalous anatomic location of the heart. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

A review of the therapeutic management of multiple ventricular septal defects.
Chowdhury UK, Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Sankhyan LK, George N, Pandey NN, Balaji A, Goja S, Malik V
J Card Surg 2022 May;37(5):1361-1376. Epub 2022 Feb 11 doi: 10.1111/jocs.16289. PMID: 35146802
Contemporary Management of Type B Aortic Dissection in the Endovascular Era.
Bannazadeh M, Tadros RO, McKinsey J, Chander R, Marin ML, Faries PL
Surg Technol Int 2016 Apr;28:214-21. PMID: 27175814
Diagnosis and management of patent foramen ovale.
Buchholz S, Shakil A, Figtree GA, Hansen PS, Bhindi R
Postgrad Med J 2012 Apr;88(1038):217-25. Epub 2012 Jan 25 doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130368. PMID: 22282739

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Obesity, Adipose Tissue and Vascular Dysfunction.
Koenen M, Hill MA, Cohen P, Sowers JR
Circ Res 2021 Apr 2;128(7):951-968. Epub 2021 Apr 1 doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318093. PMID: 33793327Free PMC Article
Thromboembolic complications in adult congenital heart disease: the knowns and the unknowns.
Karsenty C, Waldmann V, Mulder B, Hascoet S, Ladouceur M
Clin Res Cardiol 2021 Sep;110(9):1380-1391. Epub 2020 Oct 9 doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01746-2. PMID: 33037501
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis.
Forrest JK, Ramlawi B, Deeb GM, Zahr F, Song HK, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Michelena HI, Mangi AA, Skiles JA, Huang J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ
JAMA Cardiol 2021 Jan 1;6(1):50-57. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4738. PMID: 33031491Free PMC Article
Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias.
Pathak RK, Ariyarathna N, Garcia FC, Sanders P, Marchlinski FE
Heart Lung Circ 2019 Jan;28(1):102-109. Epub 2018 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.10.012. PMID: 30554597
Supraventricular tachycardia--part I.
Lee KW, Badhwar N, Scheinman MM
Curr Probl Cardiol 2008 Sep;33(9):467-546. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.06.002. PMID: 18707990

Diagnosis

Conjoined twins and conjoined triplets: At the heart of the matter.
Oostra RJ, Schepens-Franke AN, Magno G, Zanatta A, Boer LL
Birth Defects Res 2022 Jul 15;114(12):596-610. Epub 2022 Jun 29 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.2066. PMID: 35766259Free PMC Article
A review of the therapeutic management of multiple ventricular septal defects.
Chowdhury UK, Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Sankhyan LK, George N, Pandey NN, Balaji A, Goja S, Malik V
J Card Surg 2022 May;37(5):1361-1376. Epub 2022 Feb 11 doi: 10.1111/jocs.16289. PMID: 35146802
Cardiological Ultrasound Imaging.
Thijssen JM, de Korte CL
Curr Pharm Des 2014;20(39):6150-61. doi: 10.2174/1381612820666140417113304. PMID: 24745921
Supraventricular tachycardia--part I.
Lee KW, Badhwar N, Scheinman MM
Curr Probl Cardiol 2008 Sep;33(9):467-546. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.06.002. PMID: 18707990
The preexcitation syndromes.
Gallagher JJ, Pritchett EL, Sealy WC, Kasell J, Wallace AG
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1978 Jan-Feb;20(4):285-327. doi: 10.1016/0033-0620(78)90015-4. PMID: 146210

Therapy

Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease.
Waldmann V, Hebe J, Walsh EP, Khairy P, Ernst S
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2022 Feb;15(2):e010631. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010631. PMID: 35089803
Thromboembolic complications in adult congenital heart disease: the knowns and the unknowns.
Karsenty C, Waldmann V, Mulder B, Hascoet S, Ladouceur M
Clin Res Cardiol 2021 Sep;110(9):1380-1391. Epub 2020 Oct 9 doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01746-2. PMID: 33037501
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis.
Forrest JK, Ramlawi B, Deeb GM, Zahr F, Song HK, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Michelena HI, Mangi AA, Skiles JA, Huang J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ
JAMA Cardiol 2021 Jan 1;6(1):50-57. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4738. PMID: 33031491Free PMC Article
Contemporary Management of Type B Aortic Dissection in the Endovascular Era.
Bannazadeh M, Tadros RO, McKinsey J, Chander R, Marin ML, Faries PL
Surg Technol Int 2016 Apr;28:214-21. PMID: 27175814
Significance of the anatomical properties of a myocardial bridge in coronary heart disease.
Ishikawa Y, Kawawa Y, Kohda E, Shimada K, Ishii T
Circ J 2011;75(7):1559-66. Epub 2011 Mar 31 doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-10-1278. PMID: 21467656

Prognosis

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis.
Forrest JK, Ramlawi B, Deeb GM, Zahr F, Song HK, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Michelena HI, Mangi AA, Skiles JA, Huang J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ
JAMA Cardiol 2021 Jan 1;6(1):50-57. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4738. PMID: 33031491Free PMC Article
Accessory mitral valve tissue: anatomical and clinical perspectives.
Yetkin E, Cuglan B, Turhan H, Yalta K
Cardiovasc Pathol 2021 Jan-Feb;50:107277. Epub 2020 Aug 31 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2020.107277. PMID: 32882373
Tetralogy of Fallot: Preoperative assessment with MR and CT imaging.
Lapierre C, Dubois J, Rypens F, Raboisson MJ, Déry J
Diagn Interv Imaging 2016 May;97(5):531-41. Epub 2016 Mar 9 doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2016.01.009. PMID: 26969119
The diagnosis of the cause of the death of Venerina.
Mazzotti G, Falconi M, Teti G, Zago M, Lanari M, Manzoli FA
J Anat 2010 Feb;216(2):271-4. Epub 2009 Oct 6 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01151.x. PMID: 19811565Free PMC Article
Supraventricular tachycardia--part I.
Lee KW, Badhwar N, Scheinman MM
Curr Probl Cardiol 2008 Sep;33(9):467-546. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.06.002. PMID: 18707990

Clinical prediction guides

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis.
Forrest JK, Ramlawi B, Deeb GM, Zahr F, Song HK, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Michelena HI, Mangi AA, Skiles JA, Huang J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ
JAMA Cardiol 2021 Jan 1;6(1):50-57. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4738. PMID: 33031491Free PMC Article
Accessory mitral valve tissue: anatomical and clinical perspectives.
Yetkin E, Cuglan B, Turhan H, Yalta K
Cardiovasc Pathol 2021 Jan-Feb;50:107277. Epub 2020 Aug 31 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2020.107277. PMID: 32882373
Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias.
Pathak RK, Ariyarathna N, Garcia FC, Sanders P, Marchlinski FE
Heart Lung Circ 2019 Jan;28(1):102-109. Epub 2018 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.10.012. PMID: 30554597
The diagnosis of the cause of the death of Venerina.
Mazzotti G, Falconi M, Teti G, Zago M, Lanari M, Manzoli FA
J Anat 2010 Feb;216(2):271-4. Epub 2009 Oct 6 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01151.x. PMID: 19811565Free PMC Article
Is visceral obesity the cause of the metabolic syndrome?
Després JP
Ann Med 2006;38(1):52-63. doi: 10.1080/07853890500383895. PMID: 16448989

Recent systematic reviews

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and associated myocardial bridging: Current evidence from cohort study and case reports.
Tajrishi FZ, Ahmad A, Jamil A, Sharfaei S, Goudarzi S, Homayounieh F, Pitliya A, Kahe F, Chi G
Med Hypotheses 2019 Jul;128:50-53. Epub 2019 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.05.012. PMID: 31203908
Accessory Auricles: Systematic Review of Definition, Associated Conditions, and Recommendations for Clinical Practice.
Amirhassankhani S, Lloyd MS
J Craniofac Surg 2018 Mar;29(2):372-375. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004201. PMID: 29239919
Aortic aneurysms after correction of aortic coarctation: a systematic review.
von Kodolitsch Y, Aydin AM, Bernhardt AM, Habermann C, Treede H, Reichenspurner H, Meinertz T, Dodge-Khatami A
Vasa 2010 Feb;39(1):3-16. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000001. PMID: 20186672

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