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Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which | Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which atrial and ventricular morphologies are discordant, and also the morphology of each ventricle is discordant with the great artery that comes from it. | ||
==Anatomy== | ==Anatomy== | ||
Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which [[atrial]] and ventricular morphologies are discordant, and also the morphology of each ventricle is discordant with the great artery that comes from it. In other words this anomaly is a "double discordance" with both atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, which essentially "corrects" the physiologic abnormality. The atria are in normal position and received appropriate venous return, but the atria are connected to the opposite ventricle ([[RA]] to the [[LV]] and [[LA]] to the [[RV]]). In addition the ventricles are inversely connected to the wrong great artery. | Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which [[atrial]] and ventricular morphologies are discordant, and also the morphology of each ventricle is discordant with the great artery that comes from it. In other words this anomaly is a "double discordance" with both atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, which essentially "corrects" the physiologic abnormality. The atria are in normal position and received appropriate venous return, but the atria are connected to the opposite ventricle ([[RA]] to the [[LV]] and [[LA]] to the [[RV]]). In addition the ventricles are inversely connected to the wrong great artery. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Keri Shafer, M.D. [4]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [5]
Overview
Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which atrial and ventricular morphologies are discordant, and also the morphology of each ventricle is discordant with the great artery that comes from it.
Anatomy
Levo-transposition of the great arteries is a defect in which atrial and ventricular morphologies are discordant, and also the morphology of each ventricle is discordant with the great artery that comes from it. In other words this anomaly is a "double discordance" with both atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, which essentially "corrects" the physiologic abnormality. The atria are in normal position and received appropriate venous return, but the atria are connected to the opposite ventricle (RA to the LV and LA to the RV). In addition the ventricles are inversely connected to the wrong great artery.
References
Acknowledgements and Initial Contributors to Page
Leida Perez, M.D.
External links
- Diagram at kumc.edu
- Diagram and description at umich.edu
- Overview at pediheart.org
- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- Mayo Clinic, Arizona - Florida - Minnesota, USA
