Outcomes of the Arterial Switch Operation in ≤2.5-kg Neonates

• Published in: Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 488 - 493
• Main Authors: Salna, Michael, MD, Chai, Paul J., MD, Kalfa, David, MD, PhD, Nakamura, Yuki, MD, Krishnamurthy, Ganga, MD, Quaegebeur, Jan M., MD, Najjar, Marc, MD, Shah, Amee, MD, Levasseur, Stephanie, MD, Anderson, Brett R., MD, MSc, MBA, Bacha, Emile A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2019
• Subjects: Arterial switch operation; Arterial Switch Operation - adverse effects; Arterial Switch Operation - mortality; Birth Weight; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Gestational Age; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Prematurity; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time-to-Treatment; Transposition of Great Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Transposition of Great Vessels - mortality; Transposition of Great Vessels - surgery; Transposition of the great arteries; Treatment Outcome; Prematurity; Transposition of the great arteries; Arterial switch operation

Although low birth weight is a known risk factor for mortality in congenital heart lesions and may consequently delay surgical repair, outcomes in low-weight neonates undergoing the arterial switch operation (ASO) have not been well described. Our objective was to assess the safety of this procedure...