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Palliative arterial switch for complete transposition with ventricular septal defect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Amalia Elizari
Affiliation:
Jane Somerville Grown-up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Jane Somerville*
Affiliation:
Jane Somerville Grown-up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
*
Dr Jane Somerville, GUCH Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK. Tel: 0171 351 8601; Fax: 0171 351 8201; E-mail: 101606.556@compuserve.com

Abstract

A 28-year-old female patient with complete transposition, ventricular septal defect and persistence of the arterial duct underwent a palliative arterial switch procedure in 1976 at 7 years of age. Therefore, she has survived for 22 years and lives a near normal life. She is married, has been counselled against pregnancy and has increasing cyanosis with the typical features of the Eisenmenger syndrome.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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