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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editors-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Priyamvada Singh, MBBS

The Two Major Forms of Transposition of the Great Vessels

In the sections that follow, two forms of the disorder are reviewed in detail:

• D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA)

• L-TGA or Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA)