title: Great vessels
text: # Great vessels
  
  Great vessels are 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.
  
  