A porcine model of postoperative hemi-diaphragmatic paresis to evaluate a unilateral diaphragmatic pacemaker

Abstract Unilateral phrenic nerve damage is a dreaded complication in congenital heart surgery. It has deleterious effects in neonates and children with uni-ventricular circulation. Diaphragmatic palsy, caused by phrenic nerve damage, impairs respiratory function, especially in new-borns, because th...

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Main Authors: Tobias Kratz, Roman Ruff, Marit Bernhardt, David Katzer, Ulrike Herberg, Boulos Asfour, Johannes Breuer, Christina Oetzmann von Sochaczewski, Benjamin Bierbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39468-w