Severe myocardial injury and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following perinatal asphyxia

• Main Authors: P. Benson Ham (Author), Pinkal Patel (Author), Linda J. Wise (Author), Christian Walters (Author), Brian K. Stansfield (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Perinatal asphyxia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborn and is associated with myocardial injury in a significant proportion of cases. Biomarkers, echocardiography, and rhythm disturbances are sensitive indicators of myocardial ischemia and may predict mortality. We present a...