Vol 65, No 8 (2007)
Other
Published online: 2007-08-29
Case report
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries with coexisting stenosis of pulmonary trunk valve and ventricular septum defect in a 55-year-old woman – a case report
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.80820
Kardiol Pol 2007;65(8):972-976.
Abstract
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) is a rare cardiac malformation. This anomaly is characterised by atrioventricular as well as ventriculoarterial discordance. Isolated CCTGA may cause no symptoms until adult life. Most CCTGA cases with concomitant cardiac abnormalities are symptomatic and are therefore usually diagnosed in childhood. In the majority of patients, congestive heart failure secondary to right ventricular dysfunction occurring by the fifth or sixth decade enables diagnosis. We present an oligosymptomatic 55-year-old woman with corrected transposition of the great arteries and coexisting stenosis of pulmonary trunk valve and ventricular septum defect.
Keywords: corrected transposition of the great arteriescongenital heart disease