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FFR-Guided PCI in a 17-Year-Old Patient after Arterial Switch Operation for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries

Domenico Sirico1, Biagio Castaldi1,*, Giuseppe Tarantini2, Giovanni Di Salvo1

1 Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology Unit, Department of Woman and Child’s Health, University of Padua, Via Nicolò Giustiniani 2, Padua, 35128, Italy
2 Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Via Nicolò Giustiniani 2, Padua, 35128, Italy

* Corresponding Author: Biagio Castaldi. Email: email

Congenital Heart Disease 2020, 15(6), 441-445. https://doi.org/10.32604/CHD.2020.012863

Abstract

Asymptomatic coronary artery obstruction represents a significant diagnostic challenge in patients with Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries and history of Arterial Switch Operation. We report the case of a 17-year-old boy with anomalous origin of left circumflex artery from the right coronary artery, who underwent neonatal arterial switch operation and developed silent myocardial ischemia under stress on myocardial scintigraphy. Despite coronary angiogram and intravascular ultrasound showed only intermediate stenosis of the right coronary artery ostium, the physiological analysis, through the employment of pressure wire, demonstrated a severe reduction of coronary fractional flow reserve after pharmacologically induced hyperemia. Thus, the patient was treated with implantation of drug eluting stent. Invasive fractional flow reserve of coronary stenosis may represent a useful tool to guide revascularization strategy in this population.

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Sirico, D., Castaldi, B., Tarantini, G., Salvo, G.D. (2020). Ffr-guided PCI in a 17-year-old patient after arterial switch operation for d-transposition of the great arteries. Congenital Heart Disease, 15(6), 441-445. https://doi.org/10.32604/CHD.2020.012863
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Sirico D, Castaldi B, Tarantini G, Salvo GD. Ffr-guided PCI in a 17-year-old patient after arterial switch operation for d-transposition of the great arteries. Congeni Heart Dis. 2020;15(6):441-445 https://doi.org/10.32604/CHD.2020.012863
IEEE Style
D. Sirico, B. Castaldi, G. Tarantini, and G.D. Salvo, “FFR-Guided PCI in a 17-Year-Old Patient after Arterial Switch Operation for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries,” Congeni. Heart Dis., vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 441-445, 2020. https://doi.org/10.32604/CHD.2020.012863



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