Publications by authors named "Joanna Longman"
Article Synopsis
- ECLS has a notable success rate after pediatric heart transplantation, but its implementation and outcomes are not as well-documented compared to conventional cardiac surgery.
- A review of 202 pediatric heart transplant patients showed that 13.9% required ECLS, particularly those with restrictive cardiomyopathy and longer ischemic times.
- Despite higher immediate post-transplant complications, patients needing ECLS exhibited promising medium-term survival rates, suggesting that careful use of ECLS can significantly benefit those at high risk.
Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) is a rare form of congenital heart disease where all four pulmonary veins drain to the systemic venous circulation. A term infant was found to have low oxygen saturations on the neonatal check and he was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. An increasing oxygen requirement necessitated invasive ventilation.
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