Verlaufsanomalien des Aortenbogens und der Arcusgefäße^*

Complete Transposition of the Great Vessels

“…It is known that children with an accompanying patent ductus arteriosus in complete transposition have a shorter life span than those with a ventricular and/or atrial septal defect (Taussig, 1947;Hanlon and Blalock 1948;Astley and Parsons, 1952;Keith et al, 1958).…”

“…Radiological examination is of value because the heart often presents a characteristic appearance such as an "egg-shaped" silhouette with narrow vascular pedicle, and increased pulmonary vasculature (Fanconi, 1932;Taussig, 1947;Eek, 1949;Wood, 1950;Astley and Parsons, 1952;Keith et al, 1953;Grosse-Brockhoff et al, 1954;Kjellberg et al, 1955;Miller et al, 1958).…”

“…Selective angiocardiography of the right heart undoubtedly is of the greater value in that it reveals the transposition (Goodwin et al, 1949;Castellanos et al, 1950;Cooley and Sloan, 1952;Astley and Parsons, 1952;Keith et al, 1953;Grosse-Brockhoff et al, 1954) and also helps to localize the shunt (Blalock and Hanlon, 1950;Gyllensward and Lodin, 1954).…”