Abstract

A newborn male was transferred for severe cyanosis and suspected transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect (VSD). An emergency balloon septostomy was performed. The position and commitment of VSD and great arteries were more precisely defined by echocardiography. There was double-outlet left ventricle (DOLV) with doubly committed VSD, l-malposition of the great arteries, and pulmonary stenosis. The infundibular septum was virtually absent. A modified Blalock–Taussig shunt was inserted before a Rastelli-type corrective surgery was performed at 20 months of age. The VSD was closed, the pulmonary trunk was transsected, …

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