Jared Kirzner1, Altaf Pirmohamed1, Jonathan Ginns1, Harsimran S Singh2. 1. Cornell Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 520 East 70th Street, Starr 425, New York, NY, 10021, USA. 2. Cornell Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 520 East 70th Street, Starr 425, New York, NY, 10021, USA. has9028@med.cornell.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review paper describes the management of patients with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) with a focus on the complications seen and the appropriate care required to identify and prevent adverse events. RECENT FINDINGS: D-TGA is a form of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) representing ~ 3% of all CHD and almost 20% of all cyanotic CHD. Since the late 1980s, standard of care is to repair these patients with an arterial switch operation (ASO) as opposed to a Mustard/Senning operation. The long-term survival and complication rates are superior in the ASO. Long-term follow-up is recommended for all D-TGA patients and includes management with adult congenital heart disease specialists and the use of echocardiography and advanced imaging with CT or MRI. The most common complications seen are pulmonary stenosis, coronary artery stenosis, and neo-aortic regurgitation. Careful evaluation of new symptoms or declining function is essential in preventing and treating these long-term sequelae.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review paper describes the management of patients with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) with a focus on the complications seen and the appropriate care required to identify and prevent adverse events. RECENT FINDINGS: D-TGA is a form of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) representing ~ 3% of all CHD and almost 20% of all cyanotic CHD. Since the late 1980s, standard of care is to repair these patients with an arterial switch operation (ASO) as opposed to a Mustard/Senning operation. The long-term survival and complication rates are superior in the ASO. Long-term follow-up is recommended for all D-TGApatients and includes management with adult congenital heart disease specialists and the use of echocardiography and advanced imaging with CT or MRI. The most common complications seen are pulmonary stenosis, coronary artery stenosis, and neo-aortic regurgitation. Careful evaluation of new symptoms or declining function is essential in preventing and treating these long-term sequelae.
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Adult congenital heart disease; Arterial switch operation; Congenital heart surgery; Jatene arterial switch; Transposition of the great arteries; Ventriculoarterial discordance; d-Transposition
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