Dextro-transposition of the great arteries overview

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Overview
Dextro-Transposition of the great arteries
 * Cyanotic heart defect
 * Also referred to as complete transposition of the great arteries
 * Primary arteries i.e. aorta and the pulmonary artery are transposed, with the aorta anterior and to the right of the pulmonary artery.
 * In segmental analysis, this condition is described as ventriculoarterial discordancewith atrioventricular concordance, or just ventriculoarterial discordance.
 * Dextro-TGA is often referred to simply as transposition of the great arteries (TGA); however, TGA is a more general term which may also refer to levo-transposition of the great arteries.
 * Another term commonly used to refer to both d-TGA and l-TGA is transposition of the great vessels, although this term might have an even broader meaning than TGA.

Acknowledgements and Initial Contributors to Page
Leida Perez, M.D.