A Five-Year Follow-up of Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting 8 Years After Arterial Switch Operation.

The fate of coronary artery stenting in children several years after implantation is unknown. We previously reported the case of an 8-year-old child undergoing stent implantation for a total left main coronary artery occlusion after arterial switch operation. Six months later, she needed another stent implantation for in-stent restenosis.

Percutaneous recanalization of a chronic total left main coronary artery occlusion in an 8-year-old child after arterial switch surgery.

How and when to treat patients with coronary occlusion after arterial switch surgery is still under debate. We report the case of a child who underwent arterial switch surgery a few weeks after birth. At the age of 8 years, coronary angiography showed a total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, successfully treated using percutaneous coronary intervention.