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Fig. 1. This short-axis echocardiographic view of the left ventricle in a patient with a complete atrioventricular septal defect shows the “cleft” between the anterior and posterior bridging atrioventricular valve leaflets in systole. The cleft “points” towards the inlet septum (arrow).