%0 Journal Article %T Corre£¿£¿o biventricular em defeito do septo atrioventricular desbalanceado %A Atik %A Edmar %A Marques %A Patr¨ªcia O. %A Miranda %A Rog¨¦rio A. %A Guerra %A Vitor C. %A Faria %A Luc¨ªlia Santana %A Jatene %A Marcelo %J Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia %D 2009 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC %R 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000400015 %X we present the case of a 2.5 year-old child with unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect due to a small left ventricle (lv) (mitral annulus of 10mm and a 0.4 ratio in relation to the tricuspid annulus, lvdd: 17 mm, lv vd2: 15 ml/m2 and lv/rv long-axis ratio of 0.71); he had a favorable outcome after biventricular surgical repair. normal lv development was observed three months after the operation (mitral annulus of 22 mm, with a 0.84 ratio in relation to the tricuspid annulus, and lvdd of 30 mm). current parameters for utilization of the hypoplastic ventricle are discussed. %K heart septal defects %K ventricular %K heart defects %K congenital %K heart ventricles. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0066-782X2009000400015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en