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Transposition of the great arteries

August 25, 2022
This is a surgical technique video of Dr. James Tweddell’s operative management of a patient with simple transposition.
April 27, 2022
This video shows one surgeon’s technique of an en bloc double root translocation in an infant with d-TGA, VSD, PS, and LVOTO.
March 7, 2022
The Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium was queried for patients undergoing repair of conotruncal abnormalities and subsequent AVR 1982 - 2003.   Of 106 patients undergoing AVR, the operative mortality was 12%, and was related to infant age at the time of surgery (OR = 55).   Transplant-free survival at 25 years was 53%.  Transplant-free survival at 20
October 8, 2021
This video demonstrates an arterial switch operation with fast-track extubation in a neonate with transposition of the great arteries and an intact ventricular septum.
August 30, 2021
The authors present a creative way to describe step-by-step the double switch procedure for congenitally-corrected transposition of the great arteries using hand-drawn pictures and animation.
January 11, 2021
The purpose of this video is to present the authors’ experience of a simple yet highly effective surgical technique for the management of this rare complex cardiac defect.
November 25, 2020
The purpose of this video is to present the modified Senning procedure, which is an ideal procedure for this complex congenital heart disease in late presentation with limited risk.
June 16, 2020
In this interview, Dr. William Novick explains his team's work helping to build sustainable pediatric cardiac centers in Benghazi, Libya, during conflict.
April 13, 2020
This video demonstrates a right modified Blalock-Taussig-Thomas shunt with a cryopreserved saphenous vein in a DORV with criss-cross heart and severe RVOT.
February 28, 2020
Using a German congenital heart defects registry, analyses were performed to identify risk factors for death and reintervention in patients who underwent correction of TGV with VSD and LVOTO.  The median follow-up was 15 years. At least five different types of corrective operations were performed.  

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