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d-Transposition of the great arteries in a 12-year-old child: is arterial switch still an option?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2011

Jayaranganath Mahima
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
Devananda Nijagal Shivanna
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
Anand Subramanian*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Anand Subramanian, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, India. Tel: +91 9740510350; Fax: +91 80 26534477; E-mail: s_anand80@hotmail.com

Abstract

Arterial switch surgery for d-transposition of great arteries is usually performed in the first 2 weeks of life before the left ventricle regresses. The arterial switch surgery that helps achieve anatomic and physiologic correction of this condition has better long-term outcomes than other surgical approaches. The procedure may still be attempted at an older age where the left ventricle has not regressed. We report a rare case of a 12-year-old child with d-transposition of great arteries, a remote muscular ventricular septal defect and isolated valvar pulmonic stenosis, which was corrected by an arterial switch surgery.

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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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