Switch operation for transposition of the great arteries in neonates. A study of 120 patients

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 96; no. 3; p. 354
• Main Authors: Planche, C, Bruniaux, J, Lacour-Gayet, F, Kachaner, J, Binet, JP, Sidi, D, Villain, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States AATS/WTSA 01.09.1988
• Subjects: Coronary Vessels - pathology; Coronary Vessels - surgery; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - complications; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Methods; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Preoperative Care; Reoperation; Transposition of Great Vessels - complications; Transposition of Great Vessels - mortality; Transposition of Great Vessels - pathology; Transposition of Great Vessels - surgery

From March 1984 to January 1987, anatomic surgical correction was performed on 110 newborn infants (2 to 23 days old, mean 7.8 +/- 3.5, standard deviation) with simple transposition of the great arteries and 10 additional neonates (7 to 30 days old, mean 17.9 +/- 8.3, standard deviation) with transp...