113 RASHKIND BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY(BAS) FOR CYANOTIC TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES(TGA). IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY?Pediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular ...
In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of patients with complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and intact ventricular septum (IVS) who became "bad mixers" following a technically adequate balloon atrial septostomy (BAS). Neither our catheterization laboratory staff nor the ...