The CDH Study Group database was queried for CDH patients requiring ECMO who either underwent repair within the first 72 h after cannulation or remained unrepaired on ECMO.
Initial echocardiography in congenital diaphragmatic hernia is used to evaluate anatomy, but there is emerging evidence to suggest the use of echocardiography in the ongoing surveillance of CDH to influence the timing of surgical intervention.
These sequence alterations were all present in patients with isolated CDH, although patients with both isolated CHD and CDH with additional anomalies were studied.