A 31-year-old woman was referred for fetal cardiac assessment at 30 weeks of gestation because of fetal arrhythmia and inadequate visualization of the 4-chamber heart at another hospital. Routine scanning demonstrated normal growth, no anomalies, and a normal 4-chamber view; however, the great vessels were inadequately evaluated. Detailed fetal echocardiography was then performed with sequentia...

The study by Villalba et al. (1) poses a vital challenge, as transposition of the great arteries (TGA) has elevated mortality that reaches 90% per year in untreated patients. In this sense, the 76 patients undergoing surgery with the Rastelli operation, the REV procedure (Lecompte’s reparation a l ́etage ventriculaire) and the Nikaidoh procedure and carefully analyzed with a mean follow-up of 9....

BACKGROUND In congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries the right ventricle (RV) supports systemic circulation, and patients are prone to develop heart failure over time. Chronic volume overload secondary to obesity may contribute to premature dysfunction of the systemic RV. AIM The aim of our study was to assess the systemic RV function in overweight/obese adult patients wit...

The science and art of cardiac surgery has made rapid development in the past 65 years. The surgery for transposition of great arteries (TGA) symbolises the manner in which cardiac surgery has progressed. The eventually successful solution in the form of the now popular arterial switch operation (ASO) was elucidated after multiple contributions from several surgical stalwarts and geniuses over ...