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Transposition of the great vessels
Definition
Transposition of the great vessels is a congenital heart defect in which the two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmonary artery -- are switched ...
Transposition of the great vessels
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Transposition of the great vessels
Alternate Names : Transposition of the great arteries, TGA, d-TGA
Definition ...
Transposition of the Great Vessels - Transposition of the Great Arteries
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
Attribution ...
Transposition of the great vessels is a congenital heart defect in which the two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmonary artery -- are switched (transposed).
Causes, incidence, and risk factors: ...
Transposition of the great vessels. In this condition, the outflow tracts of the aorta and the pulmonary artery are switched during fetal development.
Transposition of the great vessels A congenital malformation in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle (opposite of normal), ...
transposition of the great vessels
blood from the left and right sides of the heart mix together
coarctation of the aorta ...
This procedure is generally used to treat transposition of the great vessels Opens New Window, tricuspid atresia, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome Opens New Window.
transposition of the great arteries (Also called transposition of the great vessels.) - a congenital heart defect involving abnormal development of the great arteries (the aorta and the pulmonary artery) during the time the heart is forming prior to ...
Complex congenital heart disease (i.e., transposition of the great vessels, tetralogy of fallot)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mitral valve prolapse
Previous bacterial endocarditis
Prosthetic valve replacement
Substance abuse
Valvular heart disease ...
Transposition of the great vessels. This is a heart defect in which blood from both sides of the heart mix because of the abnormal large artery connections.
Coarctation of the aorta. This heart defect is caused by a pinched aorta.
Transposition of the Great Vessels (Transposition of the Great Arteries)
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
Transvaginal Ultrasound, Also Known As TVUS (Pregnancy Ultrasound)
TRAP Test (Acid Phosphatase Test) ...
right-to-left shunting of blood in the heart (as in transposition of the great vessels)
central or peripheral alveolar hypoventilation (as in barbiturate intoxication or pickwickian syndrome)
low oxygen content of air at high altitudes.
Definitions:
1. septostomy performed by cardiac catheterization with the use an of inflated balloon pulled across the interatrial septum through the foramen ovale; used in cases of transposition of the great vessels and tricuspid atresia.
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Transposition of the great vessels
Tricuspid regurgitation
Type 2 diabetes
Unstable angina
Ventricular septal defect
Ventricular tachycardia
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome ...
defects are very strong and can be dangerous if they are not given correctly.
Congenital Heart Defects - Treatment Overview
Medicines may be given in a vein for severe defects such as coarctation of the aorta , transposition of the great vessels , ...
The third group of patients are those who have an obligatory recirculation of systemic venous blood such as those patients with transposition of the great vessels.
 See also: Heart Disease, Tetralogy of Fallot, Pregnancy, Symptom, Ventricular septal defect
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