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Subneoaortic stenosis complicating the arterial switch operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2005

Sylvie Bertrand ,
Robert H. Anderson  and
Marc R. de Leval
Sylvie Bertrand
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, The Harley Street Clinic, London, United Kingdom
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Marc R. de Leval
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, The Harley Street Clinic, London, United Kingdom Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

We report obstruction of the reconstructed left ventricular outflow tract diagnosed 18 months after an arterial switch operation that included closure of a ventricular septal defect. We speculate that either turbulences created by the patch used to close the ventricular septal defect, or postoperative modifications of ventricular geometry, were responsible for producing this unusual complication.

Keywords

Transpositiondiscordant ventriculo-arterial connectionsleft ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 663 - 665
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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