Impaired left ventricular function after arterial switch operation: exclusion of significant coronary artery stenosis with an intravascular Doppler guidewire

Pediatr Cardiol. 2004 Jan-Feb;25(1):62-4. doi: 10.1007/s00246-003-0485-4. Epub 2003 Nov 3.

Abstract

Patients after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries are at risk for coronary artery stenosis or obstruction due to intraoperative manipulation. This case describes an infant with impaired left ventricular function 8 months after arterial switch operation. A hemodynamically significant left coronary artery stenosis was excluded by determination of coronary flow reserve using an intravascular Doppler guidewire.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Coronary Stenosis / pathology
  • Echocardiography, Doppler / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left*