%0 Journal Article
%T Initial experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease
%A Apurb Sharma
%A Jeju Nath Pokharel
%A Murari Raj Upreti
%A Bhagawan Koirala
%A Jyotindra Sharma
%A Siddartha Pradhan
%A Mahendra Bhatta
%J Nepalese Heart Journal
%P 39-44
%D 2014
%I Cardiac Society of Nepal
%R 10.3126/njh.v11i1.10980
%X Background and Aim: Cardiac extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation is a mechanical life support system initiated in patients with extreme cardiopulmonary failure. Extracorporeal circulation after cardiac surgery supports the heart and lungs recover from the acute injuries of the surgery. Aims of this study were to present our initial experience about complications and outcome with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following open-heart surgery for congenital cardiac anomalies.
%K congenital heart defects
%K Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
%K cardiac surgical procedures
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NHJ/article/view/10980