Open AccessMystery still unresolved: Untouched “Blue heart” presenting at 40yrs of age
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Naganur,
Ashish K. Tiwari,
CR Pruthvi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_149_18
Subject(s) - medicine , great arteries , intracardiac injection , transposition (logic) , cardiology , heart disease , pulmonary artery banding , surgery , pediatrics , linguistics , philosophy
The modern-day surgical techniques and strategies have changed the outlook of patients with dextro-transposition of great arteries (d-TGA). The survival of an unrepaired d-TGA into late adulthood is difficult to explain. Even when large intracardiac shunts are present, it still remains a lethal cyanotic congenital heart disease if it is not surgically corrected soon after birth. Here, we report an extremely rare case of d-TGA presenting at 40 years of age, with moderately elevated pulmonary artery pressures and relatively stable symptoms.