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An Illustration of Aorta-PA relation in Normal, D-TGV & L-TGV

Posted in congenital heart disease, Embryology : Heart valve development, embryology of heart, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2021|

The relationship between Aorta & PA is the key to diagnose many complex congenital heart diseases. Here is a simplified illustration for gross understanding. Please refer to other sources for complete review.

 

Further reading

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE| VOLUME 118, ISSUE 9, P1390-1398, What Determines Whether the Great Arteries Are Normally or Abnormally Related?   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.07.050

 

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Corrected transposition of great arteries :A rare review article !

Posted in cardiology -congenital heart disease, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

In this era of  technology hype , cardiology  journals are flooded with interventional   articles. Congenital heart disease has been pushed to the back ground .  CTGV* is a   fascinating  congenital heart disease (Of course ,not so fascinating  for the patient !)

*TGV and TGA are used interchangeably  .

It is a complex disorder of ventricular looping (L Looped ventricle LTGA )

This can occur in three forms

  • Isolated CTGV
  • CTGV with VSD or PS
  • CTGV as a part of complex  cyanotic heart disease.

The irony of this disorder is , it has two errors in development that tend to  neutralise  the hemodynamic  abnormality .

 ventricular connection is abnormal (Discordant) . RA is  connected to LV and LA connected to RV . Still nothing alarming  happens  as LV is connected to  Pulmonary artery and RV is connected to Aorta .(Ventriculo arterial discordance)

In spite of this natural  hemodynamic  correction , one can not ignore this entity  ! as it is  anatomically  uncorrected  for the rest of the life.

Since morphologic RV acts as a systemic ventricle it is bound to  have difficulty in tackling the systemic pressure in later in  life .

Further , the two  complex  defects called  (also called as  ventricular inversion ) make sure that the conduction tissue and the AV valves   are distorted and  squeezed in the AV junctional arena with it’s unique double looping defect  .The his bundle inverses, the left AV valve often regurgitates .Complete heart block often ensues.

Management

  • Isolated CTGV are best left alone .
  • When VSD /PS are associated corrections are adviced
  • It is not simple surgery , one may require a technique called double switch .(I always wonder such surgeries are ever indicated in other  wise asymptomatic population with isolated CTGV)

Here is an article from “The  Heart”  that deals with the problem of CTGV , may be  . . . in a manner no other journal  has ever done !

 Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries Heart 2010;96:14 1154-1161

You need some  luck  to  get a live full text link here

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