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Predictors of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support after surgery for adult congenital heart disease in children’s hospitals

Stephen J. Dolgner^1,2,3, Eric V. Krieger^1,3, Jacob Wilkes⁴, Susan L. Bratton⁵, Ravi R. Thiagarajan^6,7, Cindy S. Barrett⁸, Titus Chan^1,2,9

1 Division of Cardiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington
2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
3 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
4 Pediatric Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
7 Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
8 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
9 Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

* Corresponding Author: Stephen J. Dolgner, Seattle Children’s Hospital, RC.2.820 PO Box 5371, Seattle, WA 98145‐5005. Email: