DEVELOPMENT OF SUBNEOPULMONARY OBSTRUCTION EARLY AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION IN AN ADULT

Authors
ALEXIMESKISHVILI V UHLEMANN F BERGER F LANGE PE HETZER R
Citation
V. Aleximeskishvili et al., DEVELOPMENT OF SUBNEOPULMONARY OBSTRUCTION EARLY AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION IN AN ADULT, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 61(5), 1996, pp. 1518-1520
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
61
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1518 - 1520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)61:5<1518:DOSOEA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
In a 19-year-old woman who had previously undergone pulmonary artery b anding at the age of 1.5 years, a muscular right ventricular outflow t ract obstruction developed 3 days after an arterial switch operation. Although conservative therapy proved successful, prophylactic surgical intervention on the conal septum may be beneficial in preventing the postoperative development of right ventricular outflow tract obstructi on.