Clinical guidelines for the management of patients with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum

Abstract

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Predictors of Inadequate Mixing in Transposition of the Great Arteries — a Critical Neonatal Condition

“…11,12 Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) with echocardiographic guidance, performed at the bedside, is the method of choice to enlarge the interatrial communication in neonates with TGA. 13,14 Severe cyanosis is the clinical sign of poor mixing.…”

“…Currently, it is recommended that in cases diagnosed during the fetal period, the delivery should take place at or near a tertiary-care pediatric cardiac surgery center. 11 The most severe forms presented in emergency settings are newborns with inadequate intercirculatory mixing. In these patients, beside the PGE1 infusion, creation of an unrestrictive interatrial communication by BAS is mandatory.…”

Right-sided xenografts in children: analysis of dysfunction

“…Период времени до первой реинтервенции учитывался для оценки свободы от повторных хирургических вмешательств. Показания для повторного хирургического вмешательства были определены в соответствии с текущими рекомендациями [14][15][16].…”

Pulmonary artery banding and venous bidirectional cava-pulmonary shunt for two-stage arterial switch procedure in late referral of patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum: midterm results

“…Currently, the primary two-stage arterial switch operation is accepted as the standard corrective treatment of the transposition of great vessels with intact ventricular septum (TGA-IVS). 1,2 Left ventricle mass regression and pump failure against systemic workload are issues of primary arterial switch operation in patients beyond the neonatal period, and the upper age limit is controversial despite pre-operative echocardiographic parameters. 2,3 Perioperative problems are challenging especially in patients over 2 months of age; therefore in these late-referred cases, arterial switch operation following the left ventricle retraining period can be an alternative treatment.…”

“…1,2 Left ventricle mass regression and pump failure against systemic workload are issues of primary arterial switch operation in patients beyond the neonatal period, and the upper age limit is controversial despite pre-operative echocardiographic parameters. 2,3 Perioperative problems are challenging especially in patients over 2 months of age; therefore in these late-referred cases, arterial switch operation following the left ventricle retraining period can be an alternative treatment. 4 The classical method of left ventricle retraining is pulmonary artery banding with or without a Blalock Taussig shunt procedure.…”