%0 Journal Article %T Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device After Arterial Switch Operation in Late Presenting D %A Amit Mhatre %A Bharat Soni %A Dhananjay P. Malankar %A Dilip Bind %A Dinesh Kandavel %A Sachin Patil %A Shivaji Mali %A Shyam Dhake %A Swati Garekar %J World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery %@ 2150-136X %D 2019 %R 10.1177/2150135118823536 %X The preferred approach for patients with D-transposition of the great arteries with an intact ventricular septum (DTGA/IVS) is the arterial switch operation (ASO). In those patients presenting late, with regressed left ventricle (LV), successful LV preparation is of paramount importance to achieve this goal. We present a toddler with DTGA/IVS who underwent ASO followed by successful left ventricular retraining with postoperative left ventricular assist device support with CentriMag centrifugal pump %K arterial switch operation %K circulatory assist devices (LVAD %K RVAD %K BVAD %K TAH) %K cardiac function %K circulatory assistance %K congenital heart surgery %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2150135118823536