Single ventricle cardiac defect

J Pak Med Assoc. 2010 May;60(5):390-1.

Abstract

Single ventricle heart is defined as a rare cardiac abnormality with a single ventricle chamber involving diverse functional and physiological defects. Our case is of a ten month-old baby boy who died shortly after admission to the hospital due to vomiting and diarrhoea. Autopsy findings revealed cyanosis of finger nails and ears. Internal examination revealed; large heart, weighing 60 grams, single ventricle, without a septum and upper membranous part. Single ventricle is a rare pathology, hence, this paper aims to discuss this case from a medico-legal point of view.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Cyanosis / etiology*
  • Cyanosis / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male