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Aortopulmonary collateral artery embolization during postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after arterial
J Golej1, G Trittenwein, M Marx
1Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Artificial Organs
|November 24, 1999
Abstract:
Aortopulmonary collateral arteries sometimes complicate cyanotic congenital heart defects. Combined with a relevant left-right shunt, this could result in massive airway bleeding during and after corrective surgery. A preoperatively diagnosed 1.2 mm small aortopulmonary collateral artery in a newborn suffering from transposition of the great arteries caused life-threatening airway bleeding during surgery. Postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was necessary, and coil embolization was performed on ECMO to terminate pulmonary bleeding.