Neuroimaging findings in neonatal and pediatric cases during ECMO support after cardiac surgery

Volume 20 No 7 (2022)

Amr Fathalla

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.7.NQ33150

Abstract

Background: Using of ECMO support after pediatric cardiac surgery played a significant role in changing the survival rate of cases with complex cardiac lesions after cardiac surgeries. However, this was associated with significant increase in the incidence of neurological complications. Objectives: Assessment of the incidence and type of different neurological complications in neonatal and pediatric cases during ECMO support after cardiac surgery according to neuroimaging findings.

Keywords

ECMO – Pediatrics – Postoperative –Cardiac – Neurological complication.

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