Transcript Slide 1

Adel Mohamad Alansary, MD
Ass. Prof. Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Ain Shams University
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Endocardium: Endothelial lining
,Connective tissue precursor (Valves and
fibrous skeleton).
Myocardium: Myocytes, Conduction system
(Purkinje fibres),Myoendocrine cells (Atrial
Natriuretic Factor production)
Epicardium Coronary vessel precursors,
Visceral pericardial lining.
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Two lateral extensions of
cardiac tissue become
hollowed out to form a
pair of endothelial tubes,
which soon fuse to form
the primitive cardiac tube.
Paired veins from the
trunk (the cardinal
system), liver, yolk sac and
placenta enter the heart
tube from below and a
series of arterial arches
emerge from the upper
end.
arterial trunk
bulbus cordis
the ventricle
the atrium
the sinus venosus
•The fold of the loop is principally at the
junction of bulbus cordis and ventricle.
Note in panel C that the two end up side
by side.
Formation of the Cardiac Loop
• Atrium grows dorsally to the left
• Ventricle & bulbus cordis grows ventrally & to the right
28 days
At the end of the loop formation
30 days
normal d-loop
l-loop
Dextrocardia : cardiac loop to the left.
= Heart in the right thorax associated with situs inversus
(transposition of the viscera)
Ectopia cordis
= Heart on the surface of chest caused by failure to close the midline
Formation of Ventricular Septum
1. Growth of Endocardial cushions
Septum Formation in A-V Canal
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Secundum type defects are observed in
80% of cases. These are characterized by
defects involving the foramen ovale and
(usually) a defect in the septum primum.
Sinus venosus defects are usually
positioned near the entrance of the superior
vena cava. These are generally associated
with anomalous entry of the right superior
pulmonary vein.
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Ostium primum defects are very similar to
defects caused by failure of endocardial
cushion fusion.
Rarely, complete agenesis of the septum
occurs, giving a common atrium.
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Type I defects are positioned in the
infundibulum of the right ventricle, caudal
to the pulmonary valve. These arise from
defects in the formation of the bulbus cordis
and truncus arteriosus. These are also
referred to as supracristal, conal or
infundibular VSD.
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Type II defects occur in the membranous
portion of the septum, and are the most
commonly observed defects. These are also
referred to as paramembranous VSD.
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Type III defects are found in close proximity
to the tricuspid valve, within the inlet of the
right ventricle. These are thought to arise
from defects in the partitioning of the AV
canal by the endocardial cushions. Also
identified as atrioventricular canal defects
or inlet defects.
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Type IV defects are present in the muscular
portion of the interventricular septum.
These can be single or multiple, showing
extremely irregular borders (variable in
many planes). Type IV defects are not easily
visualized or repaired.
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This structure does truly septate,but
embryologically it is a simple coronal
division in its embryonic straight position.
The septation extends upwards from the
valves to end just beyond the origin of the
paired sixth aortic arches, where it seals off
against the posterior truncal wall.
As the sixth arch vessels are destined to be
the branch pulmonary arteries, the
posterior channel is now the main
pulmonary artery. The anterior channel is
the aorta.
And so now you can compare the flow scheme on the left with the more lifelike image
on the right
RPA = right pulmonary artery
LPA = left pulmonary artery
APS = aortopulmonary
(truncal) septum
RVO = RV outflow
LVO = LV outflow
Structure
Truncus
Arteriosus
Aortic sac
Fate
Left
Right
Root of
Root of Aorta
Pulmonary Trunk (proximal)
(proximal)
Brachiocephalic
artery
Arch of Aorta
(proximal)
Structure
Fate
Right
Left
1st Aortic arches
Maxillary a.
Maxillary a.
2nd Aortic arches
Hyoid a. &
Stapedial a.
Hyoid a. &
Stapedial a.
3rd Aortic arches
1. Common carotid 1. Common carotid
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2. Internal carotid 2. Internal carotid
a. (proximal)
a. (proximal)
3. External carotid 3. External carotid
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Structure
Fate
Right
Left
4th Aortic arches
Subclavian a.
Arch of Aorta &
Subclavian a.
5th Aortic arches
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6th Aortic arches
Right Pulmonary
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Ductus
arteriosus & Left
Pulmonary a.
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the truncal septum fails to fuse with the septal
crest?
- perimembraneous VSD
the truncal septum is deviated to the PA side?
- tetralogy of Fallot
the truncal septum fails to develop?
- truncus arteriosus
the ventricular septum fails to reach the AV
valve?
- AV septal defects
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the arterial trunk stays over the RV but does
divide?
- double outlet RV
the aortic valve pushes up and right instead of
the pulmonary?
- transposition of the great vessels
the ventricles fail to centralise over the AV
valve
- double inlet left ventricle (commonest
form of single ventricle.