Midterm Assessment of the Reconstructed Arteries After the Arterial Switch Operation Thierry Bové, MD, Frederik De Meulder, MD, Guy Vandenplas, MD, Katya De Groote, MD, Joseph Panzer, MD, Bert Suys, MD, PhD, Daniel DeWolf, MD, PhD, Katrien François, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 3, Pages 823-830 (March 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cumulative freedom from reintervention after the arterial switch operation. (Diamonds = transposition of great arteries/intact ventricular septum [TGA/IVS]; squares = TGA/ventricular septal defect [VSD]; triangles = overall.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 823-830DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Evolution of aortic regurgitation (AR) from discharge to last follow-up. (echo = echocardiography; IVS = intact ventricular septum; TGA = transposition of great arteries; VSD = ventricular septal defect.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 823-830DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Cumulative freedom from aortic regurgitation of 2 or greater. (Squares = transposition of great arteries/intact ventricular septum [TGA/IVS]; triangles = TGA/ventricular septal defect [VSD].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 823-830DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Serial measurement of neoaortic root dimentions at basal, mid sinusal, and sinotubular level. (A) Neoaortic valve annulus. Patients with aortic regurgitation (AR) less than 2 are represented by fine lined curves; patients with late development of AR of grade 2 or more are represented by bold nonmarked curves; the bold curves with marks represent, respectively, the 5th and 95th percentile of a normal control population. (B) Neoaortic midsinusal level. Patients with AR less than 2 are represented by fine lined curves; patients with late development of AR of grade 2 or more are represented by bold nonmarked curves; the bold curves with marks represent, respectively, the 5th and 95th percentile of a normal control population. (C) Neoaortic sinotubular level. Patients with AR less than 2 are represented by fine lined curves; patients with late development of AR of grade 2 or more are represented by bold nonmarked curves; the bold curves with marks represent, respectively, the 5th and 95th percentile of a normal control population. (TGA/IVS = transposition of great arteries/intact ventricular septum; TGA/VSD = transposition of great arteries/ventricular septal defect.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 823-830DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Serial measurement of the pulmonary annulus size of all patients in relation to the 5th and 95th percentile of a normal population (bold marked curves). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 823-830DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.043) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions