Jana Rubáčková Popelová, MD1,2 | Markéta Tomková1,3 | Jakub Tomek1,4
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.4, pp. 448-457, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12466
Abstract Objective: The patients after Mustard and Senning corrections of transposition of the great
arteries (TGA) are at an increased risk of unexpected death. The aim of this study was to identify
markers allowing risk stratification of patients after atrial switch correction of TGA to provide
them with optimum care.
Methods and Results: In this study, 87 patients were retrospectively evaluated after atrial switch
correction of TGA followed-up between 2005 and 2015. The mortality during the follow-up was
9% (8 cardiac deaths). Markers significantly predictive of death using univariable Cox proportional
hazard ratio survival analysis were: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP),… More >
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