Beneficial preparatory aortopulmonary shunt for anatomical repair of transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum.
Anatomical repair was successfully performed in an infant with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum who had previously received a Blalock-Taussig shunt. In this patient, creation of an aortopulmonary anastomosis induced a well-developed left ventricle with concomitant adequately increased pressure and mass. Beneficial aortopulmonary shunt that precedes the anatomical repair in selected patients with simple transposition is discussed.
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*