Transposition of the great arteries: A laterality defect in the group of heterotaxy syndromes or an outflow tract malformation?

• Main Authors: Rana S Al-Zahrani (Author), Samaher H Alharbi (Author), Rawan M A Tuwaijri (Author), Bayan T Alzomaili (Author), Alaa Althubaiti (Author), Talat Mesud Yelbuz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aim: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is traditionally classified as a "conotruncal heart defect", implying that TGA evolves from abnormal development of the outflow tract (OFT) of the embryonic heart. However, recently published genetic data suggest that TGA may be lin...