Publications by authors named "Nitin Shastri"
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.
Objective: Poor growth is a common complication in infants with congenital heart disease. There has been much focus on low birth weight as having increased risk of adverse outcomes following neonatal heart surgery. In this study, we examined whether preoperative nutritional status, measured by admission weight-for-age z score, was associated with postoperative clinical outcome.
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