title: Corrected transposition of the great arteries with several associated anomalies in a 68-year-old patient.
abstract: Few patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries survive past 50 years of age because of the association with congenital defects, development of total atrioventricular block, and right ventricular dysfunction. We report the case of a male patient with dextrocardia in situs solitus and corrected transposition of the great arteries associated with a wide atrial septal defect and severe pulmonary valvar and subvalvar stenoses. The patient also developed a large aneurysm on the pulmonary artery, total atrioventricular block diagnosed 8 years earlier, symptoms of dysfunction of the systemic ventricle in the previous 2 years, insufficiency of the left atrioventricular valve, and aortic regurgitation. Despite all these associated anomalies, the patient developed class III cardiac decompensation only at the age of 68 years, which makes this case a rarity. The patient was clinically treated, and was discharged from the hospital in good condition.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis