Bigdeli, Amir KhosrowKaczmarek, IngoSodian, RalfSchmitz, ChristophMichel, SebastianBeiras-Fernandez, AndresDeutsch, Marcus-André2026-04-082012-04Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, Cilt, 10, Sayı, 2, 2012 ss. 186-1891304-0855https://hdl.handle.net/11727/14842Heart failure, life-threatening arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death are common complications in patients with advanced chronic cardiac allograft rejection—the major limiting factor of long-term survival after heart transplant. In patients with sustained cardiorespiratory arrest refractory to cardiopulmonary resuscitation extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy is a therapeutic option. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl with severe chronic allograft vasculopathy who was successfully bridged to cardiac retransplant through extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy after prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Our case demonstrates extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a rescuing therapeutic option in high-risk, bridge-to-transplant patients, with cardiac arrest. Even after prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation, there were no neurologic events, and our patient recovered without any neurologic damage.enPediatric heart transplantCardiac transplantRetransplantExtracorporal membrane oxygenationECMOCase Report1022146-8427