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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Post‐arterial Switch Procedure for a Child with Cystic Fibrosis: Case Report
Author(s) -
Baslaim Ghassan M.,
Jamjoom Ahmed A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00260.x
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , cystic fibrosis , extracorporeal , presentation (obstetrics) , great arteries , transposition (logic) , life support , artery , cardiology , life saving , oxygenation , surgery , intensive care medicine , heart disease , linguistics , philosophy , medical emergency
This is a case report of an unusual presentation of transposition of the great arteries with a unique coronary artery pattern associated with cystic fibrosis in an infant whose management required the use of the extracorporeal life support after his arterial switch operation to ameliorate his postoperative pulmonary dysfunction.