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Transposition of the great arteries

February 8, 2024
This study addressed the long-term results of the réparation à l’étage ventriculaire (REV) procedure for double outlet right ventricle (DORV) and transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with pulmonary stenosis (PS). From 1980 to 2021, 157 patients underwent an REV procedure.
December 19, 2023
CTSNet congenital editor Prof. Sameh Said spoke with Dr. Hani Najm, the Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. They discussed Dr. Najm’s method for the ventricular switch operation and what his team has learned about the procedure as a concept, not just an operation.
October 9, 2023
This video presents a case of twenty-year-old woman who had undergone an arterial switch operation and ventricular septal defect closure for a dual outlet right ventricle with Taussig-Bing anomaly in 2002.
October 4, 2023
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.
October 3, 2023
This video demonstrates the Nikaidoh procedure for TGA, VSD, and PS in a six-year-old boy where the routability of the VSD was doubtful.
December 8, 2022
A half-turned truncal root is a complex cardiac surgical procedure that can be carried out with good success. It provides good hemodynamics and better growth potential in children with complex TGA.
December 1, 2022
This video shows a case of surgical correction of CCTGA and VSD in a five-year-old boy, using the double switch operation.
November 17, 2022
Contemporary surgical practices for the management of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) have not previously been described in multicenter analyses.
November 17, 2022
This video demonstrates a double switch operation with an arterial switch and modified Senning procedure for congenitally corrected transposition. Key technical modifications in the atrial and arterial switch components are highlighted.
October 21, 2022
An infant born prematurely with a double-outlet right ventricle became the youngest ever patient to undergo a ventricular switch procedure. In this rare case, the ventricular septal defect was remote, preventing a standard repair. The operation was successful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital at sixteen months old.

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