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Microbubbles in the venous and arterial circulations due to intestinal pathology in a child with unrepaired CHD: is all gas bad?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2025

Lisha E. Thomas  and
Rohit S. Loomba Open the ORCID record for Rohit S. Loomba [Opens in a new window]
Lisha E. Thomas
Affiliation:
M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rohit S. Loomba*
Affiliation:
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Corresponding author: Rohit S. Loomba; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This is a unique case of microbubbles incidentally found on echocardiogram in a child with unpalliated CHD. The microbubbles were found in both the venous and arterial circulations and spontaneously resolved. A detailed evaluation was done to identify the source of air in the circulation. The child did have concurrent necrotising enterocolitis, and it was felt that the bubbles were secondary to this and intestinal translocation of air.

Keywords

microbubblesshuntCHDnecrotising enterocolitis
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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , First View , pp. 1 - 3
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