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Cytomegalovirus Myocarditis Required Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Followed by Ganciclovir Treatment in Infant

A 7-month-old girl with no medical history was treated with mechanical circulatory support due to myocarditis. Her cardiac contractility did not improve despite more than one week of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment. Thus, we planned a heart transplant. However, a high level of cytomega...

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Autores principales: Kim, Bong Jun, Jung, Jo Won, Shin, Yu Rim, Park, Han Ki, Park, Young Hwan, Shin, Hong Ju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298799
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.3.199
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Sumario:A 7-month-old girl with no medical history was treated with mechanical circulatory support due to myocarditis. Her cardiac contractility did not improve despite more than one week of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment. Thus, we planned a heart transplant. However, a high level of cytomegalovirus was found in blood laboratory results by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The patient’s heart contractility recovered to normal range four days after ganciclovir treatment. She was discharged with slightly decreased cardiac contractility with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 45%.