Transaortic Approach to Residual Ventricular Septal Shunt after Repairing Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

Abstract

Many surgical approaches have been taken when closing ventricular septal defects after correcting transposition of the great arteries in order to avoid postoperative complete heart block. We describe a residual ventricular septal shunt that developed after repair using de Leval’s method in a patient with congestive heart failure. The defect was closed transaortically without a complete heart block.