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Promising Outcome of Anatomic Correction of Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.050

Author(s)

Viktor Hraska, Mathieu Vergnat, Peter Zartner, Chris Hart, Phillip Suchowerskyj, Benjamin Bierbach, Ehrenfried Schindler, Martin Schneider, Boulos Asfour

Hraska and colleagues present a retrospective study of outcomes following congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries using the morphologically left ventricle as the systemic pumping chamber. Patients were followed for a median of 5 years, with a range up to 20 years. Overall survival and event-free survival were good, and only one of the 63 patients had worse than mild dysfunction of the morphologically left ventricle.

This research was presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the audio discussion that followed the presentation accompanies the article.