Ventricular inversion

Ventricular inversion
Classification and external resources
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Ventricular inversion, also known as atrioventricular discordance, is a condition in which the anatomic right ventricle of the heart is on the left side of the interventricular septum and the anatomic left ventricle is on the right.

Congenital heart defects (Q20–Q24, 745–746)

Cardiac shunt/
heart septal defect

Aortopulmonary septal defect	R→L: Double outlet right ventricle Taussig–Bing syndrome Transposition of the great vessels dextro levo Persistent truncus arteriosus Aortopulmonary window

Atrial septal defect	L→R: Sinus venosus atrial septal defect Lutembacher's syndrome

Ventricular septal defect	L→R and R→L: Eisenmenger's syndrome R→L, with other conditions: Tetralogy of Fallot

Atrioventricular septal defect	L→R: Ostium primum

Valvular heart disease/
heart chambers

Right	pulmonary valves stenosis insufficiency tricuspid valves stenosis atresia Ebstein's anomaly Hypoplastic right heart syndrome Uhl anomaly

Left	aortic valves stenosis insufficiency bicuspid mitral valves stenosis regurgitation Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Other

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