Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Abstract

Ventricular Assist Devices in Patients with Systemic Right Ventricular Failure due to Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

Sankalp Sehgal and Monica Ahluwalia

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is increasingly recognized as an adult congenital heart problem. Although early atrial switch surgical repairs resulted in improved overall survival, these patients are further predisposed to systemic ventricular failure in their fourth and fifth decades of life. Early diagnosis and management of systemic ventricular dysfunction are often challenging. Ventricular assist devices may become a mainstay endstage treatment option for these patients as a destination therapy or a bridge to heart transplantation.