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This case report describes the occurrence of single ventricle with transposition of the great vessels in a nineteen year old young man. The diagnosis was made by M-mode and cross sectional echocardiography and confirmed by angiocardiography. The cardiac abnormality is inoperable by conventional methods due to severe pulmonary hypertension. He demonstrates long-term survival with reasonable exercise tolerance, which is unusual in such severe congenital heart disease.
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O’Brien, A.A.J., Brannagan, J.P., Kelly, P. et al. Longevity in single ventricle with transposition of great vessels. I.J.M.S. 156, 274–275 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954067
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