Cerebral hemoglobin oxygenation in children with congenital heart disease.

Kazuya TeradaShinji NakamuraYasuhiro NakaoKeisuke FukudomeYuichi MiyagiTatsuya OnishiTakashi Kusaka

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)

rSO2 is useful for assessing cerebral oxygenation in children with CHD, but knowledge of the underlying cardiac pathology in CHD, especially in the case of a single ventricle after surgery, is important for the correct interpretation of rSO2 measurements obtained using near-infrared spectroscopy.

Keyphrases

young adults
subarachnoid hemorrhage
healthcare
blood flow
pulmonary hypertension
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
mitral valve
congenital heart disease
blood brain barrier