title: Use of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation in the management of sepsis secondary to an infected right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery Contegra conduit in an adult patient.
abstract: This is the first report in the cardiac surgical literature in a grown-up congenital heart male patient with endocarditis of the Contegra conduit who developed septic shock with cardio-respiratory failure and required treatment with extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in order to stabilize his clinical condition preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Hunaid A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: Ceri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Viola
authors.forename: Marcus P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Haw
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents