Long-term survival after neonatal arterial switch operation.
An arterial switch operation was used only for a hyperdynamic transposition of the great arteries beyond the neonatal period at this hospital until the end of 1989. A 20-day-old baby girl underwent an arterial switch operation on March 3 1992 under the impression of simple transposition of the great arteries. The coronary artery pattern was Shaher's type 4. An autologous aortic flap just above the facing commissure was used to augment the medially based trapdoor for the left circumflex scallop. The baby survived the operation and has been faring well for the past three years. This case is the longest survival after a neonatal arterial switch operation in our hospital.
Chiu
I S
IS
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
Wu
M H
MH
Wang
J K
JK
Chang
J S
JS
Wu
Y L
YL
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D017741:Survivors; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*