Corrected transposition of the great arteries: late clinical presentation, in the fifth decade of life.
The corrected transposition of the great arteries, rare congenital cardiopathy, is related to the largest incidence of cardiological complications. We report a case in which the clinical presentation of the disease occurred in the fifth decade of life, with tricuspid insufficiency, occasion that the patient was submitted to valvar replacement.
Oliveira
Roger Pereira de
RP
Casa de Saúde São José, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. rogerpereira2002@hotmail.com
Agorianitis
Panayotis
P
Vegni
Ronaldo
R
Nobre
Gustavo
G
Kalichsztein
Marcelo
M
Kezen
José
J
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery