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Congenitally corrected transposition and degenerative severe aortic stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2008

Giorgio Faganello ,
Martin Nelson  and
Graham Stuart
Giorgio Faganello*
Affiliation:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Martin Nelson
Affiliation:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Graham Stuart
Affiliation:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: Giorgio Faganello, MD, Bristol Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Dolphin House, King Edward Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1173 420 457; Fax: +44 (0)1173 420 472; E-mail: giorgio.faganello@libero.it
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Abstract

Congenitally corrected transposition is a rare cardiac anomaly characterized by the combination of discordant atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connections. Young patients with this lesion can present with congestive cardiac failure, usually secondary to a large ventricular septal defect or pulmonary stenosis. We report here our experience with a lady aged 79, admitted to our unit because of deterioration of her congestive cardiac failure as a consequence of uncorrected congenitally corrected transposition associated with degenerative severe aortic stenosis.

Keywords

Heart failurediscordant atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connectionscongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 523 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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