Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a complex congenital heart defect. Learn about how it's diagnosed and treated at CHOP's Cardiac Center.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of congental heart defect. This means that your baby is born with it. In this condition, the large blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs and body aren’t connected as they should be.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a congenital heart defect, which means children are born with it. The heart forms during the first eight weeks of fetal development. The problems associated with TGA occur in the middle of these weeks, when the aorta and the pulmonary artery each attach to the incorrect heart chamber.

Learn how we care for children with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) at Herma Heart Institute. Find causes, symptoms, long-term outlook, and more.

Your child has been diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries (TGA). This is a problem with the 2 main blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

How Is Transposition of the Great Arteries Treated? At Nationwide Children’s, we provide care for transposition of the great arteries across all stages of life, from prenatal to adulthood. All children born with TGA will need a surgery called an arterial switch to move the blood vessels.

Prenatal (before birth) diagnosis of TGA is invaluable, as it allows effective planning for delivery and postnatal treatment of this congenital heart defect. In this video, Jack Rychik MD, director of the Fetal Heart Program, demonstrates how to accurately identify …

What is transposition of the great arteries in children? Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of heart defect that your baby is born with (congenital). In this condition, the two arteries that carry blood out of the heart aren’t connected as they should be. They are reversed (transposed). In TGA, the following occur:

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of heart defect that your baby is born with (congenital). In this condition, the two arteries that carry blood out of the heart aren’t connected as they should be. They are reversed (transposed). In TGA, the following occur: The aorta is connected to the right ventricle.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of congenital heart defect. This means that your baby is born with it. In this condition, the large blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs and body aren’t connected as they should be.