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(Circulation. 1959;20:842.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Transposition of the Great Vessels with Atrial Septal Defect

A Hemodynamic Study in Two Cases

SUSAN C. LENKEI M.D.¹; H. J. C. SWAN M.B., PH.D., M.R.C.P.¹; JAMES W. DUSHANE M.D.¹

¹ From the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. The Mayo Foundation is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.

In complete transposition of the great vessels, survival is possible only when a route of access exists by means of which venous blood may enter the lungs. This report concerns 2 patients in relatively good health in whom a high degree of mixing of venous and arterial blood occurred through an atrial septal defect. The diagnosis was established in both patients by cardiac catheterization.