The science and art of aortic and/or pulmonary root translocation

Abstract

This review aims to present and compare different surgical techniques of root translocation of the great arteries except the Ross procedure. The historical aspects, technical considerations, and results are briefly elucidated.

Keywords

• aortic root
• congenital heart disease
• double-root translocation
• half-turned truncal switch operation
• nikaidoh procedure
• pulmonary root
• pulmonary root translocation
• root translocation