title: Outcomes after arterial switch operation for simple transposition.
abstract: Without intervention, babies born with transposed great arteries (TGA) are doomed to a rapid death. Jatene and coworkers deserve the credit for performing the first successful arterial switch operation (ASO) in a patient with TGA and ventricular septal defect (VSD) in 1975. Since then ASO has become the procedure of choice in most medical centers. This review article summarizes the historical aspects of arterial switch operation and assesses this procedure's outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. drrajashahzad@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Shahzad G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.forename: Arjamand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shauq
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaarne
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000601:surgery