Complete atrioventricular canal defect

What it means

A congenital heart defect characterized by a specific combination of heart defects with a common atrioventricular valve, primum atrial septal defect and inlet ventricular septal defect.

The complete form of AVC shows an ostium primum atrial septal defect, a common atrioventricular valve and a variable deficiency of the interventricular septum inlet. CAVC can be classified into types A, B or C according to the morphology of the common atrioventricular valve.

Rare diseases that can present with this4

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Common atrioventricular canal · Complete atrioventricular canal · Complete atrioventricular septal defect · Complete common AV canal