Post-cardiotomy circulatory support with the Terumo Baby-Rx oxygenator in a newborn.
Some patients with severe post-cardiotomy ventricular dysfunction are unable to be separated from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). In this setting, extracorporeal circulatory support (ECS) should be instituted to obtain eventual myocardial recovery. We present a newborn in whom an ECS was established with the oxygenator used for the surgical correction.
Picarelli
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Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Sanatorio Americano, Montevideo, Uruguay. picarelli54@hotmail.com
Kreutzer
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CH
Barboza
M
M
Antunez
S
S
Pose
G
G
Touyá
G
G
Liguera
L
L
Abdala
D
D
Echegaray
G
G
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010106:Oxygenators; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology