Successful ventricular assist device placement in transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary hypertension.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The use of ventricular assist devices in patients with complex congenital heart disease has not been well described. We present a case of successful ventricular assist device support in a 38-year-old man with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and severe secondary pulmonary hypertension.
Medical subject headings
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Transposition of Great Vessels