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Simple Transposition of the Great Arteries

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Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is one of the more common cyanotic congenital heart defects with an incidence of about 300 per million live births. In TGA, the ventriculo-arterial connection is reversed such that the majority of the aorta arises from the right ventricle while the majority of the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle. This defect is incompatible with long-term survival without surgical correction. Since the arterial switch procedure was introduced in the 1970s, early anatomic and physiologic repair has become the standard of care for these children with an expectation of excellent long-term outcomes for the majority.

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    Shriprasad Deshpande, Michael J. Wolf & Dennis W. Kim

  2. Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, 208039, 06520, New Haven, CT, USA

    Paul M. Kirshbom

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  1. Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Univ. of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Eduardo M. Da Cruz

  2. Dept. Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Univ. of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA

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Deshpande, S., Wolf, M.J., Kim, D.W., Kirshbom, P.M. (2014). Simple Transposition of the Great Arteries. In: Da Cruz, E., Ivy, D., Jaggers, J. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_45

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