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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1020366
Cardiac Rhythm and Conduction after Two-stage Anatomic Correction of Simple Transposition of the Great Arteries
Publication History
1985
Publication Date:
08 May 2008 (online)
Summary
To assess postoperative arrhythmias and AV-conduction defects associated with anatomic correction of simple transposition of the great arteries, 207 standard 12-lead surface and 43 24-hour electrocardiograms of all 17 patients followed after anatomic correction for up to 6.5 years were reviewed. No dysrhythmias or AV-conduction delays definitiely attributable to anatomic correction were observed. One patient with a severe complex supraventricular tachyarrhythmia after a Blalock-Hanlon procedure has improved markedly, exhibiting respiratory AV-dissociation and 5 premature atrial complexes/minute 5 years after anatomic correction.
Key words
Transposition of the great arteries - Anatomic correction of transposition of the great arteries - Cardiac rhythm - AV-conduction