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520: 502: 146: 220:(also known as dextro-TGA) is a cyanotic heart defect in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle. This switch causes deoxygenated blood from the right heart to be pumped immediately through the aorta and circulated throughout the body and the heart itself, bypassing the lungs altogether. In this same condition, the left heart continuously pumps oxygenated blood back into the lungs through the pulmonary artery, instead of out into the body's circulation as it normally would. In effect, two separate "parallel" circulatory systems are created. It is called a 75: 366: 51: 494: 419:: Catheterization is done if other diagnostic tests do not provide enough information to make a diagnosis, or if a neonate is unstable. During this procedure, a catheter is inserted in the artery or vein in the groin and makes its way up to the heart. Dye is used to visualize the heart’s structures on x-ray. It can also measure the pressures in the heart and lungs. 382:: An electrocardiogram (ECG) records the electrical activity of the heart through the use of electrodes that are placed on the body. The findings through this diagnostic method are not specific to only TGA. If TGA is present, rightward deviation of the QRS complex and right ventricular hypertrophy or biventricular hypertrophy may be noted. 250:
are connected in this condition. Complications can arise from the pressure change due to the fact that the right ventricle, which is adapted for pumping blood into the low-pressure pulmonary circulation, is being tasked with pumping blood at a much higher pressure against the high resistance of the
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Lifelong follow-up care with a cardiologist is needed. Most infants who undergo surgery have their symptoms relieved and are able to live a normal life. Potential complications that can occur include coronary artery problems, heart valves problems or irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias).
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can also be performed, usually with a cardiac catheter instead of surgery, to enlarge a natural connection between the heart's upper chambers (atria). This will allow for the oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood to mix, resulting in improved oxygen delivery to the baby's body.
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open which allows for the mixing of the otherwise isolated pulmonary and systemic circuits. Thus, oxygenated blood that recirculates back to the lungs can mix with blood that circulates throughout the body and can keep the body oxygenated until surgery can be performed.
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Although "transposed" literally means "swapped", many types of TGV involve vessels that are in abnormal positions, while not actually being swapped with each other. The terms TGV and TGA are most commonly used in reference to
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is a surgery where the pulmonary artery and the aorta are moved to their normal positions. This is the most common surgery done to correct dextro-TGA, and is considered the definitive treatment. The
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in which the primary arteries are transposed, with the aorta anterior and to the left of the pulmonary artery, and the morphological left and right ventricles with their corresponding
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are also transposed. In other words, the right ventricle is on the left side of the heart and the left ventricle is on the right side of the heart. The systemic and the
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Symptoms may appear at birth or after birth. The severity of symptoms depends on the type of TGV, and the type and size of other heart defects that may be present (
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view showing discordant ventriculoarterial connections together with the presence of parallel, rather than crossing, great arteries arising from the ventricles.
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Levo-Transposition of the great arteries (also known as Levo-TGA, congenitally corrected TGA, double discordance, or ventricular inversion) is a rare,
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All infants with TGA will need surgery to correct the defect. Life expectancy is only a few months if corrective surgery is not performed.
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Abbreviations: RA=right atrium, RV=right ventricle, LV=left ventricle, PT=pulmonary trunk, LPA and RPA=left and right pulmonary artery.
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When no other heart defects are present it is called 'simple' TGV; when other defects are present it is called 'complex' TGV.
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The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine
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Abbreviations: LV and RV=left and right ventricle, PT=pulmonary trunk, VSD=ventricular septal defect, PS=pulmonary stenosis.
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in swapped positions; however, both terms are also commonly used, though to a slightly lesser extent, in reference to
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Ferguson EC, Krishnamurthy R, Oldham SA (2007). "Classic imaging signs of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities".
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operation is an alternative surgical option when the arterial switch is not feasible due to the particular
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X-ray showing characteristic finding in a transposition of the great vessels, called the egg on side sign.
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are swapped; while other defects in this category are almost never referred to by either of these terms.
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depending on the nature and degree of the misplacement, and on which specific vessels are involved.
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anatomy. This operation creates a tunnel (baffle) between the heart's two upper chambers (atria).
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of a pregnant mother is a risk factor that has been described for the fetus having TGV.
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In many cases, TGV is accompanied by other heart defects, the most common type being
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giving rise to a vessel that bifurcates, which is thus identified as the
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in transposition of the great arteries. This subcostal view shows the
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Transposition of the Great Vessels was first described in 1797 by
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involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the
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Transposition of great vessels

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congenital
heart defects
great vessels
superior
inferior
venae cavae
pulmonary artery
pulmonary veins
aorta
arteries

echocardiographic
Transposed
atriovenous
ventriculoarterial
arteriovenous
discordance
blood pressure
circulation
dextro-TGA
levo-TGA
ventricles
dextro-Transposition of the great arteries
Dextro-Transposition of the great arteries
cyanotic congenital heart defect

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