Failure of the Jatene procedure in a patient with D-transposition and intact ventricular septum.
Anatomical correction by arterial "switch" procedure was performed in a patient with transposition of the great arteries, intact ventricular septum, and left ventricular hypertension due to distal pulmonary stenosis. The patient died from left ventricular failure. The reasons for the failure of this procedure are discussed.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*