title: Arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries combined with closure of paramembranous ventricular septal defect using the Amplatzer membranous ventricular septal occluder.
abstract: Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) complicate the arterial switch operation (ASO) in newborns with transposition of the great arteries because of prolonged cardiac arrest time and subsequent ventricular dysfunction. Three newborns with paramembranous VSDs were successfully treated using the newly designed Amplatzer membranous VSD occluder during the ASO. The implantation of a 4-mm asymmetric Amplatzer device in 2 patients and an 8-mm device in the third resulted in the complete occlusion of the septal defects. The cardiac arrest time for anatomic repair might be effectively reduced by this new approach in pediatric cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Heart Center, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akintuerk
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michel-Behnke
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bartram
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schranz
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome