Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2016 Jun;49(3):199-202. 10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.3.199.
Cytomegalovirus Myocarditis Required Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Followed by Ganciclovir Treatment in Infant
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- 1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Congenital Heart Disease Center, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. babymedi@naver.com
- 2Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease Center, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Korea.
- KMID: 2285810
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.3.199
Abstract
- 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%.
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