Indirect Pulmonary Artery Pulse Diagnostic Significance in Transposition of Great Vessels

Percutaneous suprasternal puncture (Radner technique) of the pulmonary artery in transposition of the great vessels.

Introduction of a cardiac catheter into the pulmonary artery from the right heart is not possible in a substantial proportion of patients with transposition of the great vessels. It is necessary to obtain the pulmonary artery pressure and oxygen saturation value to evaluate the degree of pulmonary stenosis and the pulmonary vascular resistance. Twenty-three patients are described in whom this w...

Transposition of the great vessels.

The vast majority of cases of transposition of the great vessels can be diagnosed in the first few weeks of life with electrocardiogram, x-ray and fluoroscope. The clinical pattern and the diagnostic features are described in detail. The degree of cyanosis, the characteristic heart shape and progressive increase in size coupled with generous hilar shadows all suggest this diagnosis. A new sugge...

[Transposition of the great vessels].

[Complete transposition of the great vessels].

[Corrected transposition of the great vessels].