Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Kalliopi Kordopati-Zilou (Author), Theodoros Sergentanis (Author), Panagiota Pervanidou (Author), Danai Sofianou-Petraki (Author), Konstantinos Panoulis (Author), Nikolaos Vlahos (Author), Makarios Eleftheriades (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Arterial switch operation (ASO) is the gold-standard surgical approach for dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA). It is performed during the neonatal period and has almost diminished the previously high mortality rate (from 90% if left untreated to <0.5%). Despite the imp...