title: Successful ventricular assist device placement in transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary hypertension.
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.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA. n.rajagopalan@uky.edu
authors: Navin
authors: N
authors: Rajagopalan
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Booth
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Diaz-Guzman
authors: Charles W
authors: CW
authors: Hoopes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery