Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 2019-3
Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device After Arterial Switch Operation in Late Presenting D-Transposition of Great Arteries—A Technique for Retraining the Regressed Left Ventricle
The preferred approach for patients with D-transposition of the great arteries with an intact ventricular septum (DTGA/IVS) is the arterial switch operation (ASO). In those patients presenting late, with regressed left ventricle (LV), successful LV preparation is of paramount importance to achieve this goal. We present a toddler with DTGA/IVS who underwent ASO followed by successful left ventricular retraining with postoperative left ventricular assist device support with CentriMag centrifugal pump.
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