Key result
Urgent double switch operation achieves successful 3-year outcomes in an infant with ccTGA.
Why the study?
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare cardiac abnormality requiring urgent surgical intervention in severe cases with untrained systemic ventricle and heart failure.
Case Report (n=1)
Urgent double switch in decompensated infant ccTGA after PAB succeeded in this case; leaves open optimal timing and selection for LV training strategies.
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare cardiac abnormality. A nine-month-old male infant with the diagnosis of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries was admitted to our clinic with a history of pulmonary artery banding to train the left ventricle three months ago. On admission, he presented with bronchopneumonia, cyanosis, dyspnea, and severe biventricular heart failure associated with significant valvular regurgitation. An urgent double switch operation was performed with atrial and arterial switch procedures. Eight days of mechanical circulatory support was deemed mandatory following surgery. The patient is still under follow-up uneventfully three years after the operation.
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Mehmet Salih Bilal (2020) conducted a case report in Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (n=1). Urgent double switch operation was evaluated on Clinical outcome. An urgent double switch operation was successfully performed in a 9-month-old infant with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, who remained well at 3-year follow-up.
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