First successful experience of ECPR to heart transplant at a tertiary care institute

Abstract

The case of a 17-year-old boy diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in end-stage heart failure is described here. The patient sustained a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). He was maintained on a peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for 7 days before undergoing a heart transplant. He was discharged 1 month after his transplant. The role of ECMO in ECPR and as a bridge to transplant has been highlighted.

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