Because there is no identifiable cause, there is no way to prevent this condition.

Balloon atrial septostomy is the standard procedure for correcting transposition of the great arteries;

Left untreated, this disease is fatal within the first weeks of life.

Transposition of the great arteries is a birth defect causing a fatal condition in which there is a reversal, or switch, in the truncal connections of the two main (great) blood vessels to the heart, the aorta and pulmonary artery.

Transposition Of The Great Vessels