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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) successfully supported a neonate with refractory myocardial infarction, enabling mitral valve replacement and successful weaning.
ECMO can serve as an effective bridge to surgical intervention in neonates with catastrophic heart failure due to myocardial infarction.
ECMO may bridge neonates with refractory MI to surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before any practice change.
A neonate with myocardial infarction who failed to respond to conventional treatment was supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Severe mitral valve regurgitation necessitated mitral valve replacement while receiving ECMO following which the infant was successfully weaned. ECMO should be considered for potentially treatable causes of catastrophic heart failure.
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Tometzki et al. (1996) studied this question. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) successfully supported a neonate with refractory myocardial infarction, enabling mitral valve replacement and successful weaning.
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