Transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and interrupted aortic arch: a successfull surgical correction with one stage and two separate incisions

Ahmet Özkara,

Ahmet Özkara¹, Gürkan Çetin¹, Özge Köner³, Levent Saltık², Erhan Kansız¹

¹Departments of, Cardiovascular Surgery Cardiology Institute of İstanbul University, İstanbul
²Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cerrahpafla Medicine Faculty of İstanbul University, İstanbul
³Departments of, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Cardiology Institute of İstanbul University, İstanbul

Transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and interruption of aortic arch is a rare malformation. We present a nine-day-old cyanotic male neonate whose echocardiographic assessment revealed transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and interruption of aortic arch. The patient had indirect hyperbilirubinemia and was operated 3 days after admission. Complete repair was performed by a single stage operation with two incisions. With this technique the need for deep hypothermia and total circulatory arrest was abolished.

Keywords : Heart defects, congenital/surgery

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