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Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery Embolization During Postoperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Arterial Switch Procedure
Author(s) -
Golej Johann,
Trittenwein Gerhard,
Marx Manfred,
Schlemmer Michael
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06462.x
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , great arteries , embolization , surgery , bronchial artery , pulmonary artery , shunt (medical) , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiology , heart disease
Aortopulmonary collateral arteries sometimes complicate cyanotic congential heart defects. Combined with a relevant left‐right shunt, this could result in massive airway bleeding during and after corrective surgery. A preoperatively diagnosed 1.2 mm small aortopulmonary collateral artery in a newborn suffering from transposition of the great arteries caused life‐threatening airway bleeding during surgery. Postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was necessary, and coil embolization was performed on ECMO to terminate pulmonary bleeding.