What are the complications with a premature(34 weeks) male newborn missing a chromosome?
Normally, the pulmonary artery carries venous (bluish) blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to get oxygen. Then the aorta carries the oxygen-rich (red) blood from the left ventricle to the body. In transposition of the great arteries, the vessels are reversed. The aorta is connected to the right ventricle so that venous (bluish) blood is carried to the body. The pulmonary artery is attached to the left ventricle so that oxygen-rich (red) blood is carried back to the lungs. Infants born with transposition survive only if they have one or more connections that let oxygen-rich (red) blood reach the body. These connections may be in the form of a hole between the two atria (atrial septal defect), the two ventricles (ventricular septal defect), or a vessel connecting the pulmonary artery with the aorta (patent ductus arteriosus). Most babies with transposition of the great arteries are extremely blue soon after birth because these connections are not adequate. To improve the body’s o
