A reminder from the past: a 49-year-old patient with transposition of the great arteries palliated with Dr. Thomas Baffes' and Dr. William Mustard's original operations.
The authors report the case of a 49-year-old woman with transposition of the great arteries and an unusual surgical history. At the time she was born, most patients with this condition did not survive into adulthood. This patient was palliated with the Baffes procedure and subsequently with the modified Mustard operation. Both operations were performed by their inventors and have allowed her to live a normal life for almost half a century. This unusual case is illustrated with a series of echocardiographic and cardiac computed tomographic images.
Greutmann
Matthias
M
Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network/Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. mgreutmann@bluewin.ch
Tobler
Daniel
D
Grewal
Jasmine
J
Biaggi
Patric
P
Oechslin
Erwin
E
Crean
Andrew
A
Silversides
Candice
C
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*