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Repair of Complex Transposition of Great Arteries: Up to 30 Years of Follow-up

Friday, February 28, 2020

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.059

Author(s)

Fabian A. Kari, Holger Bohnens, Benjamin Bierbach, Emile A. Bacha, Brigitte Stiller, Ulrike Bauer

Using a German congenital heart defects registry, analyses were performed to identify risk factors for death and reintervention in patients who underwent correction of TGV with VSD and LVOTO. The median follow-up was 15 years. At least five different types of corrective operations were performed.