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(Circulation. 1966;33:I-13.)
© 1966 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Staged Correction of Total Transposition of the Great Vessels

WILLIAM A. REED M.D.¹; RONALD M. LAUER M.D.¹; ANTONI M. DIEHL M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine and Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

Proper selection of palliative operation for transposition of the great vessels must be based on a careful anatomical and physiological diagnosis. Subsequent correction, utilizing the interatrial baffle technique, is possible with low risk in selected patients.

Details of the clinical course of four patients with transposition from birth to total correction are presented.