Transposition of the Great Arteries: Diagnosis, and Treatment
Published: 2022-01-20
Page: 61-71
Issue: 2022 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
Omar Elsaka *
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura Manchester Medical Program (MMMP), Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: The cyanotic congenital cardiac disorder known as transposition of the great arteries (TGA) affects neonates. Ventriculoarterial dissonance, in which the aorta emerges from the anatomically right ventricle and the pulmonary artery emerges from the morphologically left ventricle, is a characteristic aspect of Transposition of the Great Arteries. The anatomy of the coronary artery is abnormal in patients with major arterial transplantation: the most common types are the left coronary artery circling the left coronary artery and exiting the right coronary artery (22 percent), single right coronary artery (9.5 percent), left coronary artery (3 percent), and reverse origin of the coronary arteries (3 percent).
Conclusion: If there are no particular risk factors, more than 98 percent of surgically treated newborns survive childhood. Most children who have TGA surgery recover and grow normally, while they may be at low risk for arrhythmias, leaky valves, and other cardiac problems in the future.
Keywords: Ventricular septal defect, left ventricular outflow tract, great artery, arterial switch operation, pulmonary artery