PubMed · 5061130
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R E Primeau, M Ste-Marie. 1972-02-19. [Auricular infarction].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5061130/
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Cineradiography can identify patients with single-leg fractured Björk-Shiley Convexo-Concave valves, although little is known about the sensitivity and specificity of this technique. We evaluated three normal and six (0 microm gap) single-leg fractured Björk-Shiley valves that were placed in a working phantom model. Valves were randomly imaged a total of 33 times and duplicated into a 120-valve series with a 1:9 ratio of abnormal/normal valves. Six reviewers independently graded each valve and demonstrated markedly different rates of identifying the fractured valves. Average sensitivity at the grade that clinically results in valve explanation was 47%. Among the normal valves, a correct identification was made 96% (range 91% to 99%) of the time. Present radiographic technology may have significant difficulty in identifying true single-leg fracture in Björk-Shiley valves with limb separations that are common among clinically explanted valves.
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Aneurysm of the membranous ventricular septum causing subpulmonic obstruction in patients with corrected transposition is rare but well documented. Higher left-sided (morphologic right) ventricular pressure causes protrusion of the aneurysm into the pulmonary outflow tract of the right-sided morphologic left ventricle, causing obstruction related to lack of conus and proximity of the aneurysm to subpulmonary region. Echo Doppler studies and angiography are useful in making a correct diagnosis. Surgical resection of the aneurysm along with closure of the ventricular septal defect is the treatment of choice. The prognosis is likely to be excellent.