What surgical improvements are needed to prove that anatomic repair is superior to physiologic repair in the majority of patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):1019-1022. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.111. Epub 2017 May 25.

Authors

Viktor Hraska¹, Michael E Mitchell², Ronald K Woods², Michele A Frommelt³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.

PMID: 28666660
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.111

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological / physiology
Arterial Switch Operation / methods*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Heart Block / etiology
Heart Block / therapy
Humans
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*