Successful Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Case of Severe Tracheal Stenosis after Congenital Heart Surgery

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) is a modeling of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation performed during standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 5-10 min. Recently, E-CPR use has increased in all age groups. We present a 10-month-old male patient with tracheal stenosis accompanying congenital heart disease who underwent E-CPR because of severe tracheal stenosis. Interestingly, his upper airway anomaly was asymptomatic before heart surgery. His severe tracheal stenosis caused significant respiratory distress and cardiac arrest under mechanical ventilation after early cardiac surgery. We improved E-CPR and then tracheostomy in the after period. Upper airway anomalies are accompanied by congenital heart disease, and they remain asymtomatic until any process to there. E-CPR is a unique and life-saving method for severe and unresponsive cardiac and airway troubles after congenital cardiac surgery.