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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:45-50
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The asymptomatic child a long time after the mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries

Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, and Departments of Thoracic Surgery and Radiology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Accepted for publication August 12, 1988.

^_* Address reprint requests to Dr Bink-Boelkens, afd. Kindercardiologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Oostersingel 59, 9713 EZ, Groningen, the Netherlands.

We studied 36 asymptomatic children 7.7 ± 2.5 years after a Mustard operation. Fifteen children had sinus rhythm on all electrocardiograms made during follow-up. Only 2 had normal 24-hour Holter recordings throughout follow-up, 6 had periods of supraventricular tachycardia, and 3 had periods of atrial flutter. The electrophysiological evaluation of sinus node function was normal in 5 of the 31 children who were studied. The behavior of the atrial myocardium was electrophysiologically abnormal in most of the children. Atrioventricular node function, on the contrary, was normal in nearly all of the children. Eleven children had normal hemodynamics. Four had severe or complete obstruction of the superior vena cava, 1 had a severe pulmonary venous obstruction, 3 had a severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and 2 had a large left-to-right shunt. Only 3 children had normal hemodynamic and electrophysiological studies. We conclude that the absence of symptoms and a normal routine examination of children a long time after a Mustard operation does not exclude hemodynamic and electrophysiological abnormalities, which can sometimes be severe. In view of these disappointing results, we decided to replace the Mustard operation with the arterial switch operation in children with transposition of the great arteries.

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