[Prognosis for patients following surgical correction of transposition of great vessels].
Without surgical help, 90% of patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) will die during the first year of life. After repair of TGA, 90% of patients reach adult life. A number of hemodynamic complications and arrhythmias may occur and must be recognized, because some require reoperation or pacemaker implantation. Nearly 8 years postoperatively the vast majority of patients were symptom-free and over 90% were attending an ordinary school or pursuing a profession. Dysfunction of the right (systemic) ventricle and its atrio-ventricular valve may become progressive in the late follow-up and could limit the reported success-rate in the future.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013557:Switzerland; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
Aussichten von Patienten nach chirurgischer Korrektur einer Transposition der grossen Gefässe.