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 more than 25 years table 1. The incidence is estimated at 1 in 3,5005,000 live births, with a maletofemale ratio 1. Transposition of the great arteries tga, also referred to as complete transposition, is a congenital cardiac malformation characterised by atrioventricular concordance and ventriculoarterial va discordance. Transposition of the great arteries radiology reference. Blackstone, the members of the congenital heart surgeons society. Transposition of the great arteries description and epidemiology transposition of the great arteries tga is a cyanotic congenital heart defect in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle, creating two parallel circuits. In tga, the two main arteries connected to the heart the aorta and pulmonary artery are switched. The aorta is attached to the rightsided pumping chamber ventricle, instead of the left. Tga might also be referred to as transposition of the great vessels, but tga is the more common term.
Subxiphoid twodimensional echocardiographic identification of tricuspid valve abnormalities in transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect. Preoperative physiology, imaging, and management of. Transposition of the great arteries accounts for 57% of all congenital heart lesions. Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. The small coronary arteries, which feed the heart muscle with blood, need to be transferred as well as the two great arteries aorta and pulmonary artery. Transposition of the great vessels is a type of congenital heart defect involving an abnormal arrangement of any of the great vessels such as the superior vena cava, pulmonary arteries and aorta. Transposition of great arteries linkedin slideshare. This is a report of the early results of the study. Current results of management in transposition of the. Arterial switch operation aso is today the firstchoice surgical treatment for patients with transposition of the great arteries.
Transposition of the great arteries tga is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease chd in newborns, with an incidence of 0. U nderstanding your childs heart transposition of the. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a cyanotic congenital heart defect in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle, creating two parallel circuits. Preoperative physiology, imaging, and management of transposition of the great arteries matthew d. Transposition of the great arteries or vessels tga tgv. Transposition of the great arteries 0 university of chicago. Anatomic correction of transposition of the great vessels ad jatene, vf fontes, pp paulista, lc souza, f neger, m galantier and je sousa the journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, vol 72, 364370, 1976 we present a new approach for anatomic correction of transposition of. Transposition of great arteries video khan academy. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a common congenital cardiac anomaly and accounts for 45% of all congenital heart disease. Outcome of arterial switch operation for transposition of. In a normal heart, there are two large arteries that carry blood out of the heart. In 50% of cases, the va discordance is an isolated finding. The two upper ones are called the right atrium and left atrium. Transposition of the great arteries data wisconsin.
Transposition of the great arteries or vessels tga tgv what is transposition of the great arteries vessels. Files, md and bhawna arya, md seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2015 19. Transposition of the great arteries vessels transposition of the great arteries, or tga, is a rare congenital heart defect the baby is born with it in which the two main arteries carrying blood out of the heart are switched in position. Tga may occur as an isolated defect or in association with other cardiac anomalies. Transposition of great arteries tga radiology case. Transposition of the great arteries tga the embryo. In this rare type of transposition of the great arteries called levotransposition of the great arteries or sometimes referred to as congenitally corrected transposition the two ventricles are switched so that the left ventricle is on the hearts right side and receives blood from the right atrium, and the right ventricle is on the hearts left side and receives blood from the left atrium. In cctga, the morphological left ventricle connects to the right atrium and the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle to the left atrium and the. Normally, there are two separate blood vessels leaving the heart.
This lesion presents in 57% of all patients with congenital heart disease. Dtransposition of the great arteries henceforth referred to simply as transposition or tga represents 57 % of congenital heart disease and is the second most common cyanotic defect after tetralogy of fallot 1. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a type of congenital heart defect in which there is a reversal of the normal connections of the aorta and the pulmonary artery with the heart. Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries cctga is a complex congenital cardiac anomaly with atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance. Overall annual incidence is 2030 per 100,000 live births, tga is isolated in 90% of patients rarely associated with syndromes or extracardiac. Transposition of the great arteries orphanet journal of. The switch means that the aorta, which normally carries oxygenated blood, carries deoxygenated blood.
This changes the way blood circulates through the body causing oxygenpoor blood to flow to the body. The aorta typically carries oxygenrich blood to the body, while the pulmonary artery typically carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs. Transposition of the great arteries tga is the most common cyanotic congenital heart lesion that presents in neonates. The overall annual incidence is 2030 per 100,000 live births. The incidence is estimated at 1 in 3,5005,000 live.
In the majority of patients with tga, the aorta is rightward and anterior to the pulmonary artery, but there can be wide variability in the spatial relationships between the great arteries. The aorta is connected to the hearts right ventricle instead of the left ventricle. An image on an egg on a string is superimposed on this chest radiograph to clairfy the appearance of the egg on a string sign of transposition of the great arteries, with enlargement of the cardiac silhouette and atrophy of the thymus leading to narrowing of the upper mediastinum. Tga occurs in about 3% of all congenital heart defects. Arterial switch operation and complex coronary patterns. Transposition of the great arteries choc childrens. Outcomes of 829 neonates with complete transposition of. Transposition of the great arteries symptoms and causes. Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries cctga is characterized by atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, with an incidence of 0. Transposition of great arteries in transposition of the great arteries, the two major arteries leaving the heart are connected to the wrong ventricles, the two lower chambers of the heart. Transposition of the great arteries or tga is a potentially fatal congenital heart malformation where the pulmonary artery and the aorta are switched.
The aorta also tends to be on the right and anterior, and the great arteries are parallel rather than crossing as they do in. The result is that blood containing oxygen from the lungs is pumped back into the lungs, while blood that lacks oxygen, which is necessary to nourish the. Introduction tga most common etiology for cyanotic congenital heart disease in the newborn. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a congenital heart defect where the aorta and pulmonary artery are switched. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a complex congenital heart defect. So the two great arteries that come out of the heart are the pulmonary artery, which leads. Transposition of the great arteries pubmed central pmc. In most cases of tga, only one family member is affected. These two main vessels, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, are backwards such that they arise from the opposite ventricles from those of normal patients. Congenital heart diseases concerning the primary arteries are further divided into subgroup called transposition of great arteries. The surgery for transposition of great arteries tga symbolises the manner in which cardiac surgery has progressed. Transposition is a switching, oneforone switch, a for b, and b going where a is supposed to go.
The heart forms during the first 8 weeks of fetal development. The morphologic right ventricle rv functions as a systemic ventricle connected between the left atrium and the aorta, whereas the morphologic left ventricle lv functions as the pulmonary ventricle connected between the right. Transposition of the great vessels tgv is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels. The findings of some studies have suggested that tga is a sporadic defect, while other studies have found that the risk for tga to occur in a sibling of an affected individual is in the range of 0. Congenital heart diseases involving only the primary arteries pulmonary artery and aorta belong to a subgroup called transposition of the great arteries. Transposition of the great arteries after mustardsenning repair in this illustration of a heart with tga that has had a mustard senning repair, the blue blood flows through the twoway systemic v en o usba f ls t hv r ic.
Outcomes of 829 neonates with complete transposition of the great arteries 1217 years after repairq william g. Complete transposition of the great arteries tga is a rare congenital heart defect. Transposition of the great arteries tga also known as transposition of the great vessels tgv is the most common cyanotic congenital cardiac anomal y presenting during the newborn period, with cyanosis in the first 24 hours of life. Transposition of the great arteries tga is a heart condition that is present at birth and is often called a congenital heart defect. Transposition of great arteries pronounced transpohzishun is a birth defect of the heart. The aorta and pulmonary artery are reversed, which causes oxygenpoor blood to be circulated to the body and oxygenrich blood to be circulated between the lungs and the heart, rather than to the body. Until aroud 1980 this delicate surgery could not be performed safely and an alternative procedure was used, redirecting blood within the atriums. Levotransposition of the great arteries is an acyanotic congenital heart defect in which the primary arteries the aorta and the pulmonary artery are transposed, with the aorta anterior and to the left of the pulmonary artery. Levo or llooped transposition of the great arteries ltga is a rare form of congenital heart disease characterized by atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance. Cardiac surgery, kirklin jw, barrattboyes bg eds, churchill livingston, new york 1993. It is also commonly referred to as congenitally corrected tga, double discordance, or ventricular inversion.
Complete transposition of the great arteries is also known as dtga. Tga with intact ventricular septum is incompatible with survival, as once the ducts arteriosus closes. Tga transposition of the great arteries tga stands for transposition of the great arteries and is a common condition in which the two main vessels that arise from the heart are backwards. Babies with tga may need surgery or other procedures soon after.
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