One of the congenital heart defects, called transposition of great arteries (TGA), is a condition where the two major blood vessels (aorta and the main lung artery) arise from the wrong sides of the heart. Consequently, blood is pumping inappropriately between the lungs and the rest of the body, a fatal condition unless surgically treated. The surgery of choice, the arterial switch operation (ASO), is usually performed within the first few weeks of life. In a retrospective ...
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