FINGER-PRINT PATTERNS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

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Abstract
Finger-prints from 150 cases of congenital heart disease have been analyzed and compared with those from 50 control subjects. The total differences in print pattern were statistically significant. Arches were very frequent in pulmonary stenosis and extremely rare in aortic coarctation. Ulnar loops were the most frequent type in all groups, and there were even more in ventricular septal defect. Radial loops were very rare in general, but a little more frequent in atrial septal defect. Whorls were frequent in aortic coarctation, and Fallot''s tetralogy. The association between different finger-print patterns and certain forms of congenital heart disease lends support to the view that a proportion, at least, of the cardiovascular anomalies are genetically determined. These preliminary observations indicate the need for further studies in this field.

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