Left main coronary artery stenting in a 3.6 kg infant after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries

• Main Authors: Howaida G El-Said, Mohammad Ebrahim, John W Moore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
• Subjects: Arterial switch operation; coronary artery stent in infant; flash pulmonary edema in infant; percutaneous coronary intervention infants; transposition great arteries
• Online Access: http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2015;volume=8;issue=2;spage=143;epage=146;aulast=El-Said

The patient presented with flash pulmonary edema related to severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction several weeks after arterial switch operation (ASO) for D-transposition of the great arteries. Long segment, critical left main coronary artery stenosis in this 3.6 kilogram infant was successfully stented and resulted in resolution of the clinical findings. At 15-month follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic and thriving.