title: Development of subneopulmonary obstruction early after arterial switch operation in an adult.
abstract: In a 19-year-old woman who had previously undergone pulmonary artery banding at the age of 1.5 years, a muscular right ventricular outflow tract obstruction developed 3 days after an arterial switch operation. Although conservative therapy proved successful, prophylactic surgical intervention on the conal septum may be beneficial in preventing the postoperative development of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Institute Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexi-Meskishvili
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uhlemann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*