Mehmet Salih Bilal1, Arda Özyüksel1,2, Mustafa Kemal Avşar1, Şener Demiroluk3, Osman Küçükosmanoğlu4, Yalım Yalçın5
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 464-469, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12749
Abstract Objective: Management of the patients with transposition of the great arteries and
intact ventricular septum may be challenging beyond the newborn period. Herein, we
would like to present our alternative strategy for training the left ventricle in these
patients.
Methods: Six patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular
septum were evaluated in our clinic. Two of them were palliated with Glenn procedure and pulmonary banding as a definitive treatment strategy at other centers. Four
patients were operated on and a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis in combination with pulmonary artery banding was performed (stage‐1: palliation and ventricular training) in… More >
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