Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support post-arterial switch procedure for a child with cystic fibrosis: case report.
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.
Baslaim
Ghassan M
GM
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. gbaslaim@hotmail.com
Jamjoom
Ahmed A
AA
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*