TREATMENT FOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES - BABY HEALTH
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Treatment for transposition of the great arteries



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The treatment for transposition of the great arteries, which is when the baby is born with the heart arteries inverted, is not done during gestation, so after the birth of the baby, surgery is necessary to correct the defect. However, to ensure that the newborn is better able to undergo surgery, the doctor uses a prostaglandin injection or inserts a catheter into the baby's heart to increase its oxygenation until it can be operated on, which usually occurs among the 7 days and the first month of life