Palliative arterial switch for complete transposition with ventricular septal defect.
A 28-year-old female patient with complete transposition, ventricular septal defect and persistence of the arterial duct underwent a palliative arterial switch procedure in 1976 at 7 years of age. Therefore, she has survived for 22 years and lives a near normal life. She is married, has been counselled against pregnancy and has increasing cyanosis with the typical features of the Eisenmenger syndrome.
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Jane Somerville Grown-up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*