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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:845-852
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Intermediate-term outcomes of the arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries in neonates: Alive but well?

^a Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
^b Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
^c Neonatal and Infant Follow-up Clinic, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
^d Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
^e D. Moddemann, Winnipeg, Manitoba; P. Blakley, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; W. D. Reid, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Received for publication January 26, 2006; accepted for publication May 3, 2006.

^_* Address for reprints: Charlene M. T. Robertson, MD, Room 242, GlenEast, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230-111 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 0B7. (Email: croberts{at}cha.ab.ca).

Objectives: This interprovincial inception cohort study outlines the operative and intermediate outcomes of all neonates at a single institution with a broad referral area who underwent the arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries, including complex types. Predictors of outcome are explored.

Methods: A total of 88 consecutive neonates underwent the arterial switch operation between 1996 and 2004 with full-flow (150 mg/kg/min) cardiopulmonary bypass with selective deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Overall and event-free survivals were calculated. Health and neurodevelopment (Bayley Scales of Infant Development II) were assessed at 18 to 24 months of age. Univariate and multivariate analyses, sensitivity, and specificity were determined to identify preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors associated with mental and/or motor delay.

Results: There was 1 operative mortality (1.1%). At the average 4-year follow-up, survival was 98.9% and freedom from reintervention was 93.2%. Eighty-five children were assessed. Three were excluded because of unrelated postoperative diagnoses. For the remaining 82, mean scores were 89 ± 17 (49-118) for mental skills and 92 ± 15 (49-125) for motor skills. Anatomic complexity, cardiopulmonary bypass, and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest times were not associated with developmental outcome. Preoperative variables of low gestational age and high preoperative lactate correctly classified 84.1% of mentally and/or motor-delayed children.

Conclusion: Transposition of great arteries, including complex types, can be corrected with low surgical risk and good intermediate survival; however, neurodevelopmental outcome is a concern. These data suggest that although anatomic complexity may not affect late outcome, there may be potentially modifiable preoperative factors that can be optimized to improve developmental outcomes.

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