Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Rescue Therapy for Postoperative Diastolic Dysfunction and Refractory Chylothorax
| Autor: | Ofer Schiller, Elchanan Bruckheimer, Orit Manor, Einat Birk, Ayala Yahav, Georgy Frenkel, Ovadia Dagan, Eran Shostak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cardiac Catheterization medicine.medical_treatment Transposition of Great Vessels Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Diastole Bioengineering 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Anasarca Chylothorax Biomaterials 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Postoperative Complications Edema Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Medicine Humans Cardiac catheterization business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Surgery surgical procedures operative 030228 respiratory system Great arteries medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). 67(5) |
| ISSN: | 1538-943X |
| Popis: | This is the first published case, as far as we know, of a term neonate with refractory chylothorax secondary to diastolic dysfunction in the cardiac postoperative period, where extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used to improve the physiologic derangements, thus allowing resolution of the chylous effusion. The infant was prenatally diagnosed with d-transposition of the great arteries. He was started on prostaglandin infusion and underwent balloon atrial septostomy followed by arterial switch operation. After surgery, he developed anasarca and high-volume chylothorax that did not respond to medical management and fasting. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated severe diastolic dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. On postoperative day 19, he was placed on veno-arterial (VA) ECMO and had gradual regression of the chylothorax and edema. After 13 days on ECMO support, he was decannulated with small, self-limiting, reaccumulation of chylous effusion. He was discharged home on postoperative day 57, and has since been thriving with no evidence of reaccumulation of the chylous effusion. In summary, VA ECMO support could be considered as a rescue modality for patients with uncontrollable refractory high-volume chylous effusion, after other treatment options have been pursued. |
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