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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and cyanotic congenital heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Gale A. Pearson ,
Richard K. Firmin  and
Ranjit Leanage
Gale A. Pearson*
Affiliation:
From the Groby Road Hospital, Leicester
Richard K. Firmin
Affiliation:
From the Groby Road Hospital, Leicester
Ranjit Leanage
Affiliation:
From the Groby Road Hospital, Leicester
*
Dr. Gale A. Pearson, ECMO Research Fellow, Groby Road Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QE, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

Worldwide figures suggest that two percent of appropriate referrals for neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation turn out to have previously covert congenital heart disease. This is despite the fact that expert cardiological evaluation is routine prior to cannulation. The experience in the United Kingdom includes such a case which is reported here. The implications for the role of pediatric cardiologists in such a service are considered.

Keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenationcongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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