Palliative surgery in children with transposition of the great arteries

Surgery for transposition of the great arteries.

Palliative procedures for transposition of the great arteries.

Palliation in uncomplicated transposition of the great arteries is a matter of achieving increased intracardiac mixing. This can be done by surgical atrioseptectomy or by balloon atrioseptostomy. The latter technique has been proved to be a safe and effective procedure for long-term palliation. In the presence of complicating lesions adjustments of the pulmonary blood flow must be made. When th...

A 33-day-old Infant with the Transposition of the Great Arteries; A Rare Case Report

Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) is the one most common cyanotic congenital heart disease in neonates. The discordant ventriculoarterial arrangement results in parallel circulation, it so is vital to understand the management. We report a rare interesting but critical case of 33-day-old boy who developed cyanosis and had transposition of great arteries combined with interrupte...

Transposition of the great arteries: clinical and physiological observations on 74 patients treated by palliative surgery.

SUMMARY Experience with 74 consecutive patients with transposition of the great arteries treated by palliative methods at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston from June 1950 to September 1966 forms the basis for this report. Four palliative techniques were considered in detail. The specific palliative approach suggested depended on the anatomy and physiology in the individual case. ...

Transposition of the great arteries

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA), also referred to as complete transposition, is a congenital cardiac malformation characterised by atrioventricular concordance and ventriculoarterial (VA) discordance. The incidence is estimated at 1 in 3,500-5,000 live births, with a male-to-female ratio 1.5 to 3.2:1. In 50% of cases, the VA discordance is an isolated finding. In 10% of cases, TGA is ...