Pediatric Quality of Life in Toddlers and Children Who Underwent Arterial Switch Operation Beyond Early Neonatal Period

The paper aimed to inform answers to questions of parents to those born with congenital defects necessitating arterial switch correction. Authors explored the quality of life in children undergoing the arterial switch operation beyond the early postoperative period. They investigated parental and socioeconomic factors that could influence quality of life. A total of 208 patients were enrolled in the study at a single tertiary cardiac center between 2012-2018. PedsQL 3.0 was used to calculate HRQOL. The immediate survival rate was 94.2 percent and most children (98.9 percent) started formal school in age-appropriate classes. Social factors were not significantly associated with quality-of-life parameters in this cohort.