title: Echocardiographic features before and after the Jatene procedure (anatomical correction) for transposition of the great vessels.
abstract: Eight patients with complete transposition of the great vessels (TGA) underwent the Jatene procedure and repair of major associated anomalies. All were studied preoperatively by M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and by cardiac catheterization. Six patients survived operation and were studied postoperatively by both echocardiographic methods; five also underwent cardiac catheterization and angiography. In these patients, 2DE accurately predicted the anatomic features preoperatively and provided an important adjunct to catheterization and angiocardiography.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*