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

Cardiol Young. 2012 Feb;22(1):113-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951111001004. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Child
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / complications
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*