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Results of the arterial switch operation for Taussig-Bing variants in the setting of a lower-middle income country: a single institution experience
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  • Mai Tuan Nguyen,
  • Nguyen Ly Thinh Truong,
  • Vinh Quang Tran,
  • Duyen Dinh Mai,
  • Anh Vuong Doan
Mai Tuan Nguyen
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Children Heart Center National Children’s Hospital Hanoi Vietnam

Corresponding Author:tuanmainhp@gmail.com

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Nguyen Ly Thinh Truong
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Children Heart Center National Children’s Hospital Hanoi Vietnam
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Vinh Quang Tran
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Children Heart Center National Children’s Hospital Hanoi Vietnam
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Duyen Dinh Mai
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Children Heart Center National Children’s Hospital Hanoi Vietnam
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Anh Vuong Doan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Children Heart Center National Children’s Hospital Hanoi Vietnam
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Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the surgical results of the arterial switch operation for Taussig-Bing variants, at a single institution in a lower-middle income country. Methods: Between June 2010 and December 2018, all consecutive patients diagnosed with Taussig-Bing variants who underwent the arterial switch operation and ventricular septal defect closure were included in the study. Results: A total of 72 patients of Taussig-Bing variants who underwent arterial switch operation and ventricular septal defect closure. There were 10 early deaths (13.9%) and 2 late deaths (2.8%). Intraoperative ventricular septal defect enlargement [hazard ratio (HR) 7.23, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.1294-16.7167; P < 0.001], secondary aortic cross clamping (HR 28.38, 95% CI 4.8427-166.3484; P < 0.001), post-operative pneumonia (HR 5.64, 95% CI 1.2724-24.9917; P = 0.023), and post-operative sepsis (HR 5.28, 95% CI 1.3512-20.6553; p = 0.017) were risk factors for overall mortality by competing risk analysis. Sixty patients (83.3%) required septoparietal trabeculation division/resection during the arterial switch operation in an attempt to avoid right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The reoperation rate for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction at last follow up was 6% (3 patients). The estimated freedom from reoperation for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction at 1 year, 5 year and 9 year was 98.3%, 91.9% and 91.9 , respectively. Conclusions: The results of arterial switch operation for Taussig-Bing variants were satisfactory in the operative setting of a lower-middle income country, and performing extensive septoparietal trabeculation division might reduce the reintervention rate for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in these patients.
22 Nov 2021Submitted to Journal of Cardiac Surgery
22 Nov 2021Assigned to Editor
22 Nov 2021Submission Checks Completed
04 Dec 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Dec 2021Editorial Decision: Accept
20 Jan 2022Published in Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 10.1111/jocs.16240