Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a complex cyanotic congenital heart disease and patients suffer from a high mortality rate within one year of age without appropriate management. The therapeutic effect of arterial switch operation (ASO) is satisfactory with low surgery mortality of 2-5%, and thus, has become the treatment of choice for surgical correction of d-TGA. Outcomes of ASO in TGA in china are rare. This is a retrospective study reporting the outcomes of ASO in TGA.
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hospital mortality
Timeframe: within 1 month after ASO
late death
Timeframe: after 1 month after ASO
redo operation
Timeframe: through study completion, an average of 10 year