title: Arterial switch operation in neonates with complex congenital heart defects.
abstract: The aim of the study was to analyze short-term results of the arterial switch operation in 29 neonates with simple transposition of the great arteries (group A) and 18 (group B) with complex heart defects: transposition with a ventricular septal defect (10), coarctation of the aorta (5), or Taussig-Bing anomaly (3). The operations were usually performed on the 7th day of life (2nd-30th day), after a Rashkind procedure when necessary. The mean weight was 3,530 +/- 780 g, body surface area was 0.219 +/- 0.032 m(2). Delayed sternal closure was necessary in 7 patients from group A (24%) and 8 from group B (44%) because of hemodynamic instability after weaning from extracorporeal circulation; these neonates had significantly lower body weights and smaller body surface areas. Perioperative mortality was 13.8% (4 patients) in group A and 27.8% (5 patients) in group B. Correction of complex transposition tends to be associated with a higher operative risk than simple transposition, but the difference was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojtalik
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mrowczynski
authors.forename: Aldona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siwinska
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henschke
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bartkowski
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pawelec-Wojtalik
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piaszczynski
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome