PEDIATRICS Vol. 56 No. 4 October 1975, pp. 615-616
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Questions Diagnosis of Single Ventricle

Jami G. Shakibi M.D.1

1 Queen Pahlavi Foundation Cardio-Vascular Centre Pahlavi Road Tehran, Iran

I read with interest the paper by Tingelstad et al. which appeared in the July 1974 issue of Pediatrics. However, as far as the diagnosis of congenital heart disease is concerned, I am in the dark. After cardiac evaluation a diagnosis of mitral atresia, a single ventricle and corrected transposition was made.

A single ventricle by definition means the presence of only one ventricle receiving two atrioventricular valves. Mitral and tricuspid atresia are thus excluded.2, 4