title: Pulmonary venous obstruction in the atrial switch operation: a forgotten complication.
abstract: The reported case involved a 7-year-old girl with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) and situs inversus who after surgical management experienced symptoms of dyspnea and left-sided obstructive heart disease. Her symptoms, chest X-ray, and cardiac catheterization demonstrated pulmonary venous obstruction, a known but rare complication associated with intra-atrial baffle obstruction. The incidence of the reported disorder, the follow-up assessment, and the current literature regarding complications of Senning/Mustard surgery are discussed in the context of patients with ccTGA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 3959 Broadway, 2 North, New York, NY 10032-3784, USA. rwe2106@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hellenbrand
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D000080041:Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*