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SURGICAL “CORRECTION” OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES A REVIEW OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES
Author(s) -
Clarke C. P.,
Wilson A. C.,
Richardson J. P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130501.x
Subject(s) - great arteries , medicine , transposition (logic) , surgery , stenosis , cardiology , corrected transposition , heart disease , linguistics , philosophy
A review has been made of 100 patients having repair of transposition of the great arteries during a six‐year period. The overall hospital mortality was 12%. In uncomplicated cases with an intact ventricular septum it was 7%. Late complications have presented a significant problem, and include caval inflow stenosis, pulmonary venous obstruction, dysrhythmias and tricuspid incompetence. The changes in operative techniques to overcome them are discussed.