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Nine-Year Experience with the Arterial Switch Operation with Closed Coronary Transfer

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Submitted by

Cameron Lind

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.02.056

Author(s)

Jennie H. Kwon, MD, Sarah Chen, MD, Srujan Ganta, MD, Khaled Shorbaji, MD, T. Konrad Rajab, MD, Scott M. Bradley, MD, Minoo N. Kavarana, MD

One method for performing a critical step of the arterial switch operation (ASO), closed coronary artery transfer, was observed in a retrospective analysis and the results reported in this study. The overall survival rate for patients undergoing the procedure after a median follow-up period of 5.8 years was 97.4 percent, with a reoperation-free survival rate of 83.6 percent. The study concluded that closed coronary transfer for ASO has excellent short and mid-term results, even in more complex cases.