Cardiac MR imaging reveals L-type transposition of the great vessels and failing right heart [PDF]
L-type transposition of the great vessels is a rare congenital heart disease in which both the great arteries and the ventricular chambers are reversed. Because this condition preserves a physiologic circulatory pathway, it can be challenging to diagnose
Lindsay Everett, BA +4 more
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Longitudinal changes in systemic right ventricular remodeling in adult patients with transposition of the great vessels as assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]
Background: Systemic right ventricular (sRV) physiology occurs in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) and D-TGA post atrial switch repair, and the natural history is of progressive sRV dysfunction.
Jonathan Kochav +6 more
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Multiple Renal Injuries Lead to Death in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Even with Precocious Hemodiafiltrations [PDF]
We present the case of a newborn diagnosed with perinatal asphyxia and secondary renal injuries, transposition of the great vessels and low systemic blood flow, treated with Prostaglandin, atrioseptostomy, followed by arterial switch ...
Mihaela Bizubac +7 more
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Late Arterial Switch Surgery Under ECMO Support in a Patient with Transposition of the Great Arteries with Intact Ventricular Septum: a Case Report [PDF]
A 30-month-old male patient with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum (TGA/IVS) is presented. Arterial switch operation (ASO) was performed in the light of echocardiographic and angiographic findings.
Sertac Haydin +4 more
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Although the arterial switch operation has become the standard form of surgical repair for complete transposition of the great arteries, a large number of adults post-atrial switch are still followed in current practice.
William R. Miranda +2 more
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Transposition of the Great Vessels [PDF]
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 ...
J D, KEITH +4 more
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Successful thrombolytic therapy in a patient with congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries [PDF]
Objective. The aim of this report is to emphasize the importance of thrombolytic therapy in selected patients, such as those with congenital heart defects in whom a coronary artery anomaly can be observed. Case report.
Selcuk Ozturk +3 more
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Cannot Extubate a Newborn Patient after an Arterial Switch Operation? Check Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals! [PDF]
The standard treatment of transposition of the great arteries is the arterial switch operation (ASO). Despite successful surgical correction, patients cannot tolerate extubation after the operation.
Ibrahim Cansaran Tanıdır +4 more
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Retrospective review of the clinical case of a radical correction of the transposition of the great vessels, complicated by mediasthenitis and sepsis [PDF]
In the century of advanced technology, medicine has leaped forward, which contributed to the possibility of correcting such severe congenital heart defects in children as the transposition of great vessels.
Rakhima Mekenbayeva +8 more
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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in an Infant after an Arterial Switch Operation
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is rarely performed in infants because of its technical difficulty and unclear long-term results. A 90-day-old male infant weighing 3.5 kg who underwent an arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the ...
Wooseok Choi +3 more
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