Transposition of the Great Arteries 25 years after Rashkind Balloon Septostomy

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Bill Rashkind’s contribution to pediatric cardiology....Pages 1-4
The impact of Dr. Rashkind on the development of interventional cardiology....Pages 5-9
Prenatal pathogenesis of the transposition of great arteries....Pages 11-27
Development of coronary arteries in transposition of the great arteries....Pages 29-37
Transposition of the great arteries: advantages and results of prospective fetal detection. Experience from 1983–1990....Pages 39-48
The perinatal circulation and aortopulmonary transposition....Pages 49-57
Balloon atrial septostomy: The Rashkind procedure (1965–1990) — historical and technical aspects....Pages 59-71
Role of prostaglandin infusion prior to surgery in complete transposition of the great arteries....Pages 73-78
The natural history of transposition after balloon septostomy and before surgical repair....Pages 79-82
The natural history of the patient with transposition of the great arteries before atrial septostomy....Pages 83-86
The pulmonary circulation in transposition of the great arteries....Pages 87-95
Cineangiographic diagnosis of coronary artery anatomy in transposition of the great arteries and double outlet right ventricle: Significance of aortic intramural coronary arteries....Pages 97-112
Mustard operation for transposition: Historical aspects and results....Pages 113-118
Long-term results after atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries....Pages 119-124
The “rapid two-stage” arterial switch operation....Pages 125-127
Anatomic repair for complex transposition....Pages 129-135
Re-operations after surgery for transposition of the great arteries....Pages 137-144
Systolic and diastolic function after atrial repair of simple transposition of the great arteries....Pages 145-150
P 31 MR spectroscopy of right-ventricular myocardium after atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries....Pages 151-155
Supra pulmonary stenosis after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries....Pages 157-162
The role of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and echocardiographic wall-motion analysis in the postoperative assessment of patients after the arterial-switch operation....Pages 163-171
Back Matter....Pages 173-173