Famous People
We invented a surgical shunt which connects the RSCA to the RPA.
Bonus 50 - what it the outcome of this temporary shunt?
Who is Blalock-Taussig?
To provide flow to the branch PAs. (pulmonary artery perfusion)
This surgery is performed to alleviate RVOT obstruction in a patient with TOF.
What is Transannular Patch (TAP?
Look for patch leaks, Free PI or PR, RV dilation.
A parallel circulation pattern is the result of this embryological mishap.
What is the lack of spiralling of the great arteries?
This classic window and view provides the best visualization of the ductus arteriosus in the young.
What is the Ductal Cut?
In the Adult it is the High PSAX - Trx at 3 oclock and angling TRX superiorly towards mid-clavicle. Pant leg view of PA branches.
The RV is identified by these two main features.
What is the moderator band and the apically displaced TV septal leaflet?
(...relative to the MVSL, which creates the offset of inlet valves)
This complex surgery involves several famous people and aims to fix AV and VA discordance.
What is Mustard/Sennings and Jatene with Lecompte Maneuver?
Atrial and arterial switches.
A patch is required between the aorta and MPA to separate the roots and reduce pulmonary blood flow.
What is and Aortopulmonary window patch?
A VSD in the perimembranous area has been closed spontaneously but now there is AR.
What is aortic valve prolapse?
Which window and view allows for the identification of the arch laterality?
SSN, SAX with sweep towards neck to identify first branch.
This flap is key to identify the left atrial morphology.
What is the septum primum flap? What is the FO flap? (located in the LA).
I am the one who invented the coronary artery baffle to re-establish the coronary circulation from the systemic circulation.
Who is Takeuchi?
Can you name the abnormality?
This surgery involves replacing the AV by autograft rather than a homograft.
What is Ross procedure, as the native PV is transected and placed into the aortic annulus?
More recent addition of Loose Jacket technique preventing root dilation (support).
There is diastolic forward flow in the PA branches.
What is a moderate size AP window?
What is flow direction from higher pressures to lower pressures across an AP window?
The window and view to best demonstrate anatomy following the Lecompte maneuver.
What is the SSN SAX? (PAs draped over the ascending aorta is seen)
The branches of the left sided arch that supply the head and neck.
What are the R brachiocephalic, the Left CCA, the L Subclavian arteries?
I discovered a relationship between an autosomal dominant trait in patients who have a tall stature and concommittant pathology of the aortic root.
Who is Marfan?
My surgical procedure is named after an animal's snout but is very useful in a patient with extensive thoracic aortic disease.
What is the elephant trunk procedure?
This may be a cause for flow reversal in the Abdominal Aorta.
What is a moderate PDA?
What is moderate to severe AR?
What is an AP window.
Window and view to demonstrate the coronary sinus in its short axis plane.
What is the PLAX?
The part of the ventricular septum located inferior to the semilunar valves.
What is the subarterial or supracristal segment of the septum? (Outlet septum)
I described this acute viral illness with generalized vasculitis, particularly of the CA's.
Who is Kawasaki?
The stage of surgery which requires a "Y" connection between the great arteries to provide CA flows, since the aortic valve was underdeveloped.
What is the Damus-Kaye-Stansel (or DKS) surgery.
Additionally, the arch is augmented using the native PA & MPA.
These findings may be the result of a viral infection in the young that includes symptoms of persistent fever, strawberry tongue, erythema of the palms and soles.
What is coronary artery dilation/ectasia with associated LV dysfunction and MR related to pap muscle ischemia?
This view identifies the directin of the brachiocephalic artery to determine laterality.
What is the SSN SAX view with sweep superiorly towards neck?
The part of the cardiac conduction system that is impacted in a patient with transposition and ventricular inversion.
What is the AV node?