11-05-2024 | ECMO | Letter To The Editor
“Electroencephalographic findings during transfusion therapy throughout emergent ECMO cannulation in a refractory respiratory failure infant with Tetralogy of Fallot: a case report”
Authors:
Alberto Sánchez Fustes, Francisco Reinoso Barbero, Carolina Elvira Lafuente, Blanca Torres Maestro, Paula Burgos Morales, Patricio González Pizarro
Published in:
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
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Excerpt
Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF), the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart disease, occurs at a rate of 0.34 per 1000 live births. Its classic description consists of pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta, malalignment ventricular septal defect and right ventricular hypertrophy [
1]. Depending on the severity of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) stenosis and pulmonary artery (PA) anatomy, individuals with ToF experience varying degrees of cyanosis, thus significantly impacting both oxygenation and cardiac output (CO) in these patients. …