PROGNOSIS OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS WITH AND WITHOUT ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT

[complete Transposition of the Great Vessels with Atrial Septal Defect].

Creation of an atrial septal defect in transposition of the great vessels.

Four-fifths of the infants with transposition of the great vessels die within the first year of life (Abbott, 1936). Fifty-two per cent. die within the first month and 86% are dead within six months (Keith, Neill, Viad, Rowe, and Chute, 1953). This lesion in some form occurs in 20% of necropsies on patients with congenital heart disease (Keith, Rowe, and Vlad, 1958). In Birmingham, transpositio...

Corrected transposition of the great vessels, atrioventricular heart block, and ventricular septal defect: a clinical triad.

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].