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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
Double-switch procedure - Mustard atrial switch, arterial switch and ventricular septal defect closure
Vijayakumar Raju1, Hari Haran Krishnamurthi1, Naveen Srinivasan1
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641037, India
Abstract:
The double-switch operation, which combines atrial and arterial switch procedures, provides the best anatomical repair for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries [1]. The available atrial switch options are the Senning and Mustard procedures. The Senning operation, which mainly uses native tissue, is performed more frequently [2]. The Mustard operation, by contrast, requires excision of the interatrial septum and insertion of a heterogeneous baffle to achieve the atrial switch [3,4]. Surgical videos showing a double-switch operation with a Mustard atrial switch are limited. This video tutorial demonstrates the technique of double-switch repair using a native pericardial Mustard atrial switch, along with ventricular septal defect closure and arterial switch operation, in a 3-year-old child with corrected transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect and subpulmonary obstruction.

