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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 218-223, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ten years' experience with the Senning operation for transposition of the great arteries: physiological results and late follow-up

HW Bender Jr, JR Stewart, WH Merrill, JW Hammon Jr and TP Graham Jr
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

We report our results in 93 consecutive infants and children who underwent atrial repair of simple transposition of the great arteries using the Senning operation between February 1978 and February 1988. Mean age at operation was 5.6 +/- 6.3 months (range, 1 week to 4 years); 60 were less than 6 months old. There were 65 boys and 28 girls. Operative mortality was 5.4%, and there has been 1 late death. Average follow-up is 45.1 months with 39 followed more than 3 years and 25 followed more than 5 years. Postoperative cardiac catheterization was performed in 43 patients. Right ventricular ejection fraction at rest averaged 0.50 +/- 0.09 and was normal in 26 patients. Response of right ventricular ejection fraction to afterload stress was abnormal in 12 of 14 patients tested. Right ventricular ejection fraction increased normally during exercise in 6 patients, but was abnormal in 15. Mild tricuspid regurgitation was noted in 10 patients. Mild obstruction of the superior vena cava was noted in 4 patients. Baffle leak requiring reoperation occurred in 1 patient. Seventy-two of 80 patients are in sinus rhythm by latest electrocardiogram. Postoperative electrophysiological studies were performed in 34 patients and Holter monitoring was performed in 22. A major arrhythmia occurred in 8 patients: 3 required a pacemaker for junctional rhythm or sinus node dysfunction, 2 have symptomatic or inducible supraventricular tachycardia, 2 have junctional rhythm, and 1 has sick sinus syndrome. Eight additional patients have delayed sinus node recovery time. At last follow-up, 78 children (97.5%) are in New York Heart Association functional class I, and 2 (2.5%) are in class II.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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