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Nature of the underlying heart disease affects survival in pediatric patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
November 2014
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Section of Critical Care, Texas Section of Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex. Electronic address:
Objective: To describe the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in acute resuscitation after cardiac arrest in pediatric patients with heart disease, with reference to patient selection and predictors of outcome.
Methods: A retrospective medical record review was performed of all patients aged ≤21 years with heart disease who had undergone ECMO for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) at Texas Children's Hospital from January 2005 to December 2012. The most recent Pediatric Overall Performance Category score was determined from the patients' medical records.