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transposition of the great vessels

"TGV" / transposition:
  • aorta arises from RV
  • pulm artery arises from LV
  • intracardiac shunt

  • increased pulmonary vascularity
  • cyanosis

xray:
  • heart size may be normal at birth
  • gradually enlarges: globular or egg-on-its-side appearance
see congenital heart disease

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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egg-on-its-side heart
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situs inversus
admixture lesion

 

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