Factors influencing the outcome of paediatric cardiac surgical patients during extracorporeal circulatory support

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a common modality of circulatory assist device used in children. We assessed the outcome of children who had ECMO following repair of congenital cardiac defects (CCD) and id...

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Main Authors: Peek Giles J, Aabideen Kanakkande K, Amin Mohammed, Tiruvoipati Ravindranath, Balasubramanian Sendhil K, Sosnowski Andrew W, Firmin Richard K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/2/1/4