title: Aortic valve-sparing in aortic dissection with transposition of great arteries.
abstract: Patients with transposition of the great arteries have good survival after surgery, but some have complications ranging from heart failure to valve dysfunction. A 42-year-old woman who underwent surgical correction in childhood, presented with aortic dissection and had a valve-sparing root operation, but died immediately postoperatively. Both aortic dissection and valve-sparing root operations in this setting have not been described before. This case highlights facts to consider in the treatment of this presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Pallav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Aortic aneurysm; aortic valve; transposition of great vessels; vascular surgical procedures