Transcatheter closure of apical ventricular muscular septal defect combined with arterial switch operation in a newborn infant

Abstract

This report describes a case of transposition of the great arteries and apical muscular ventricular septal defect in a newborn infant successfully treated by transcatheter closure of the septal defect with the Amplatzer duct occluder device followed by an arterial-switch operation within the first 2 weeks of life. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:173-176, 2000.