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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support post-arterial switch procedure for a child with cystic fibrosis: case report.

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery (impact factor: 0.87). 21(4):419-20. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00260.x pp.419-20
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT 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.

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Keywords

case report
 
cystic fibrosis
 
extracorporeal life support
 
unique coronary artery pattern
 
unusual presentation
 

Ghassan M Baslaim