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New technique: aortic and pulmonary translocation with preservation of pulmonary valve

We applied successfully, a new surgical technique, in two children with transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, that utilized aortic translocation with the aortic valve and the coronary arteries to the left ventricle, after correction of left outflow tract obstruction and correction of the ventricular septal defect, associated to pulmonary root translocation to the right ventricle, conserving integrally the pulmonary valve.

Transposition of great vessels; Congenital heart defects; Heart septal defects, ventricular; Pulmonary valve stenosis


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