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Table 4 Deaths

From: Midterm results after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: a single centre experience

No.

Age at surgery (d)

Accompanied diagnosis

Concomitant procedure

Cause

1

16

VSD

VSD closure

Right heart failure

2

41

VSD, CoA

VSD closure, CoA repair

Left heart failure

3

5

VSD

VSD closure

Left heart failure

4

20

VSD, CoA

VSD closure, CoA repair

Left heart failure

5

144

Taussig-Bing

-

Left heart failure

6

338 [preterm, 31 w]

Taussig-Bing, bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Neoaortic root enlargement with a pulmonary artery patch

Left heart failure, Multi organ failure

7

7 [preterm, 36 w]

-

-

Left heart failure

8

18 [preterm, 35 w]

respiratory distress syndrome, diabetic fetopathy

-

Left heart failure, Multi organ failure

  1. VSD: ventricular septal defect; CoA: Coarctation of the aorta.