title: Beneficial preparatory aortopulmonary shunt for anatomical repair of transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*