Two hundred forty-five patients less than 15 days of age with transposition of the great arteries with or without a ventricular septal defect or pulmonary stenosis were entered into an ongoing 20 institution treatment study between January 1, 1985 and June 1, 1986. Complete follow-up is available on all patients. The ventricular septal defect narrowed in only 1 of 36 patients with combined tran...