Levo-Transposition of the great arteries

Levo-Transposition of the great arteries
Classification and external resources
Specialty	medical genetics
ICD-10	Q20.5
ICD-9-CM	745.12
DiseasesDB	13259
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-Transposition of the great arteries (L-Transposition of the great arteries, levo-TGA, or l-TGA), also commonly referred to as congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CC-TGA), is an acyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD) in which the primary arteries (the aorta and the pulmonary artery) are , with the aorta anterior and to the left of the pulmonary artery; the left and right ventricles with their corresponding atrioventricular valves are also transposed.

Use of the term "corrected" has been disputed by many due to the frequent occurrence of other abnormalities and or acquired disorders in l-TGA patients.

In segmental analysis, this condition is described as discordance (ventricular inversion) with discordance.

l-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 dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA).

Another term commonly used to refer to both l-TGA and d-TGA is transposition of the great vessels (TGV), although this term can have an even broader meaning than TGA.

In a normal heart, oxygen-depleted ("deoxygenated") blood is pumped from the right atrium into the right ventricle, then through the pulmonary artery to the lungs where it is oxygenated. The oxygen-rich ("oxygenated") blood then returns, via the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium from which it is pumped into the left ventricle, then through the aorta to the rest of the body, including the heart muscle itself.

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