World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
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World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg · Apr 2014
Troponin I levels in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following congenital heart surgery.
Correlating postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) troponin I (TnI) levels and outcomes. ⋯ Postcardiotomy ECMO was most commonly required after aortic arch repair. In the absence of ongoing myocardial insult due to ECMO hardware issues, coronary insufficiency or residual lesions, plateau TnI levels at 48 hours may seem to indicate an unfavorable outcome due to irreversible myocardial damage.