Uncommon complication of arterial switch operation: tracheobronchial compression.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe 2 patients in whom symptoms of airway compression developed after arterial switch operation for correction of the transposition of the great arteries. The clinical features, diagnosis, management, and proposed mechanisms of this complication are described.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Diseases
- Postoperative Complications
- Tracheal Stenosis
- Transposition of Great Vessels