Coarctation developing after arterial switch repair for transposition of the great arteries

H J Mulder; G L Kaan; A Nijveld; A van Oort; J Barentsz; L K Lacquet

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(94)91107-x

Coarctation developing after arterial switch repair for transposition of the great arteries

Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Jul;58(1):227-9. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)91107-x.

Authors

H J Mulder¹, G L Kaan, A Nijveld, A van Oort, J Barentsz, L K Lacquet

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 8037531
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)91107-x

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with simple transposition of the great arteries in whom coarctation of the aorta developed after uncomplicated arterial switch operation. Both patients showed no symptoms or signs of this coarctation at the time of arterial switch operation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Coarctation / diagnosis
Aortic Coarctation / etiology*
Aortic Coarctation / surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Time Factors
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*