Great vessels

What is Great vessels?

Great vessels is a term used to refer collectively to the large vessels that bring blood to and from the heart. These are: Superior vena cava Inferior vena cava Pulmonary arteries Pulmonary veins Aorta Transposition of the great vessels is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels.

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normal looping and rotation of the heart

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My wife went to the get ultrasound and the doctors said it look like the organs and heart with outside of the heart. We were told that the organs...

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i had a chest xray today and the result is there are fibroreticular densities in the right upper lobe with adjacent pleural adhesions suggestive of...

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