First experience with a paracorporeal artificial lung in a small child with pulmonary hypertension

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jun;141(6):e48-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.005. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

Authors

Avihu Z Gazit¹, Stuart C Sweet, R Mark Grady, Charles B Huddleston

Affiliation

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. gazit_a@kids.wustl.edu

PMID: 21420104
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.005

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Artificial Organs*
Child, Preschool
Equipment Design
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Male
Treatment Outcome
Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents
Vasodilator Agents