Lurie Cardiology Fellow Collection- CICU

OBJECTIVE: Congenital heart disease is a significant risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis in the term infant. We compared the short- and long-term necrotizing enterocolitis-specific outcomes of infants with congenital heart disease with those of neonates without congenital heart disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 202 patients with necrotizing enterocolitis treated at our center from May 1999 to August 2007 was conducted. Infants with necrotizing enterocolitis were grouped according to the presence (n = 76) or absence (n = 126) of congenital heart disease...

OBJECTIVE: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is primarily a disease of the premature infant. Among children born at term, however, congenital heart disease may be an important predisposing factor for this condition. To determine risk factors for NEC in patients with congenital heart disease, we conducted a case-control study of neonates with cardiac disease admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit at our center during the 4-year period from January 1995 to December 1998. METHODS: Cardiac diagnosis and age at admission were analyzed for association with NEC among the 643-patient inception cohort...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with mechanical circulatory support and survival in patients with acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort of AFM patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit during 1996-2008. AFM was defined as distinct onset of symptoms ≤14 days before admission, rapid-onset cardiogenic shock, and normal left ventricular size. Demographic and physiological variables were compared between patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and those who were not and between survivors and nonsurvivors...