Stent compression during resuscitation of a neonate with complex heart disease: fatal outcome.

Thomas B KrasemannRobert M VerdijkBeatrijs Bartelds

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)

A newborn with hypoplastic left heart underwent a Norwood operation. Obstruction of the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt was treated with a stent. During resuscitation, this was compressed, which contributed to a fatal outcome.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
heart failure
pulmonary artery
atrial fibrillation