The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 582-584 , May 2010

Novel 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a pediatric heart transplant recipient

  • Aron Flagg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Charles Foster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Colleen Nasman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Nicholas Smedira, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • John Carl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Charles Kwon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Stephen Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Gerard Boyle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gerard Boyle, MD, Pediatric Institute/M-41, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195. Telephone: 216-444-3083. Fax: 216-445-3692

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PII: S1053-2498(09)01504-6

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.11.600

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 582-584 , May 2010

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