Concurrent repair of supramitral ring and associated defects

Abstract

had required pulmonary artery banding and 22 patients had systemic to pulmonary artery shunts. The median duration of stay in the intensive care unit was 3.5 days (range 2 60 days) and the median duration of total hospital stay was 8 days (range 5 60). There were no hospital deaths; one patient died 5 months after discharge due to an arrhythmogenic cardiac arrest during a median follow up of 30 months [long term survival 98% (95% CI 89 100%)].Conclusions: The double switch operation may be performed with excellent hospital and long term survival. The theoretical advantages of this procedure which enables the morphologic left ventricle and mitral valve to support a systemic pressure load must be established by careful follow up of these patients.