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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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4/2009
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Surgical treatment of transposition of the great arteries in infants with body weight less then 2500 g

Piotr Kaźmierczak
,
Jadwiga A. Moll
,
Katarzyna Młudzik
,
Jacek J. Moll

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2009; 6 (4): 354–358
Online publish date: 2009/12/30
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Background: Low birth weight is considered as a risk factor for increased mortality in patients for early corrective surgery in cardiac defects. Arterial switch operation is the optimal operation for neonates with transposition of the great arteries.

Aim: A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate early and mid-term results of surgeries of infants with transposition of the great arteries with body weight less than 2500 g.

Material and Methods: From January 2000 to December 2008, 15 patients with transposition of the great arteries underwent surgical treatment. 12 neonates underwent arterial switch operation. In 3 patients palliative procedure was performed (1 pulmonary banding and 2 Blalock-Taussig shunts). Median weight at operation was 2400 g (2070-2500 g).

Results: One death after arterial switch operation and one death after pulmonary banding were observed in early postoperative period. Postoperative morbidity occurred in 75% of patients, mainly: bleeding, pneumonia and neurological deficiencies. Mild or moderate pulmonary stenosis were postoperatively observed in 2 patients. No neonates required reoperation nor invasive cardiological intervention.

Conclusions: Low birth weight does not influence the survival of neonatetes with anatomically corrected transposition of the great arteries.
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transposition of the great arteries, low body weight, arterial switch operation, survival

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