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Patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) who present in adulthood for therapeutic intervention generally suffer from the inherent consequences of operations that were performed early in life. It is not surprising that interventions in infancy and childhood become substrates for later complications that require medical therapy and surgical reintervention.
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Abbreviations
- Ao:
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Aorta
- ASD:
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Atrial septal defect
- ASO:
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Arterial switch operation
- Cx:
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Circumflex coronary artery
- ICV:
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Inferior caval vein
- IVS:
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Interventricular septum
- LA:
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Left atrium
- LAD:
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Left anterior descending coronary artery
- LV:
-
Left ventricle
- LVOT:
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Left ventricular outflow tract
- PA:
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Pulmonary artery
- PFO:
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Patent foramen ovale
- PS:
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Pulmonary stenosis
- PTFE:
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Polytetrafluoroethylene
- RA:
-
Right atrium
- RCA:
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Right coronary artery
- REV:
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Réparation à l’etage ventriculaire
- RV:
-
Right ventricle
- RVOT:
-
Right ventricular outflow tract
- SCV:
-
Superior caval vein
- TGA:
-
Transposition of the great arteries
- TV:
-
Tricuspid valve
- VSD:
-
Ventricular septal defect
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Figs. 9.1, 9.2, 9.5–9.43: Mavroudis C. Transposition of the great arteries. In: Mavroudis C, Backer CL, editors. Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. London: Springer-Verlag; 2015. p. 165–197. (Reproduced with permission from Springer Nature).
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Figs. 9.3, 9.4, 9.44, 9.51–9.53, 9.67–9.82: Mavroudis C, Backer CL. Transposition of the great arteries. In: Mavroudis C, Backer CL, editors. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. 4th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons; 2013. p. 492–529. (Reproduced with permission from John Wiley & Sons).
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Figs. 9.45–9.50: Mavroudis C, Backer CL. Arterial switch after failed Baffle procedures for transposition of the great arteries. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000;69:851–857. (Reproduced with permission from Elsevier, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association).
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Figs. 9.54–9.66: Mavroudis C, Stewart RD, Backer CL, Rudra H, Vargo P, Jacobs ML. Reoperative techniques for complications after arterial switch. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011;92:1747–1755. (Reproduced with permission from Elsevier, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association).
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Mavroudis, C., Dearani, J.A. (2020). Transposition of the Great Arteries. In: Mavroudis, C., Dearani, J. (eds) Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14163-9_9
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