University Studies 



Vol. XIX 



JANUARY-APRIL, 1919 



No. 1-2 



CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE HEART 



BY C. W. M. POYNTER 



Synopsis 



Page 



Introductory remarks i 



Symptoms 6 



Classification *. 8 



Anomalies of the pericardium 10 



Misplacements of the heart 11 



Anomalies of the heart as a whole 15 



Anomalies of the interventricular septum 16 



Anomalies of the interatrial septum 19 



Abnormalities within the cavities of the heart 23 



Abnormalities of the truncus communis arteriosus ... 27 



Abnormalities of the pulmonary trunk 34 



Abnormalities of the aorta 37 



Abnormalities of the semilunar valves 38 



Abnormalities of the atrio-ventricular openings 40 



Persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus 41 



Anomalies of the veins entering the heart 43 



Clinical classification of cases 44 



General summary 53 



A list of literature relating to congenital cardiac disease 55 



§1. INTRODUCTION 



For a number of years I have been studying the abnormalities 

 of the circulatory system resulting from developmental disturb- 



* Note. — The section arrangement above is for the benefit of the study 

 as a whole and is not meant for the body of the text, which is arranged 

 under an anatomico-embryological classification, see page 8, or a clinical 

 classification, see page 44. 



