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What is the prognosis for a patient with transposition of the great arteries?
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Left untreated, this disease is fatal within the first weeks of life.
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How can transposition of the great arteries be prevented?
Because there is no identifiable cause, there is no way to prevent this condition.
What is balloon atrial septostomy?
Balloon atrial septostomy is the standard procedure for correcting transposition of the great arteries;
What are the symptoms of transposition of the great arteries?
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.
What is the congenital heart disease in which 2 major arteries of the heart are reversed in position resulting in 2 noncommunicating circulatory systems?
Transposition Of The Great Vessels
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How is transposition of the great arteries diagnosed?
Diagnosis is made immediately after birth, when it is observed that the newborn is lacking oxygen. This is noted by the bluish color of the newborn, indicating cyanosis, a lack of oxygen. A definite diagnosis is made by x ray, electrocardiography.
What are the causes of transposition of the great arteries?
means all the major arteries of the heart are attached essentially backwards... which is bad... usually leads to death very very quickly after birth, but after the mustard procedure was invented in the 70's it has been used as an open heart procedure to fix the problem. and the patients can live a normal life... however its important that in later years if a heart problem does eventually arise that the current Dr. know of the procedure and transposition. Actually the above answer is correct for D-TGA (simple transposition of the great arteries). In L-TGA the lower vetricles are reversed, the heart itself is structurally abnormal, the arteries corrected and are coming off the opposite ventricle, in other words the right atrium feeds the left ventricle (sitting on the right side of the heart) and vise versa. The problem is while circuation can occur the heart is pumping from the wrong parts, and will eventually fail. Also these kids have rhythm problems (needing drugs and pacemakers) and many other anomolies like a PDA (hole between the ventricles) and coarction of the aorta. The surgery to correct this complex problem is called a double switch procedure sometimes with an atrial baffle. The other option is a transplant.
What great vessel do all arteries originate from?
The 'aorta'.
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What is the comparison between the structure of the vein and the artery?
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Which vein have names that do not correlate to arteries?
Superficial veins, such as the cephalic vein, the basilic vein, and the great saphenous vein, have names that do not correlate to arteries.
