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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;13(11):2457-2459.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 11.

COVID-19 "Fulminant Myocarditis" Successfully Treated With Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Jorge Salamanca, Pablo Díez-Villanueva, Pablo Martínez, Alberto Cecconi, Begoña González de Marcos, Guillermo Reyes, Clara Salas, Javier Segovia, Luis Jesús Jiménez-Borreguero, Fernando Alfonso
Case Reports

COVID-19 "Fulminant Myocarditis" Successfully Treated With Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Jorge Salamanca et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
ECG, Radiographic, Angiographic, Myocardial Biopsy, and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Findings (A) ECG showing complete atrioventricular block. (B) Chest X-ray depicting diffuse bilateral infiltrates. (C) Femoral access VA-ECMO. (D) Radiological image showing the EMB forces. (E) EMB without necrosis, inflammation, or fibrosis (HEx200). (F) Isolated intersticial infiltrate with lymphocytes CD3+ (yellow arrows). (G,H) T2-weighted and T2 signal intensity ratio mapping images (blue indicates a ratio more than 2) showing diffuse edema with slightly less involvement of the inferolateral wall. (I) T1 mapping with diffuse increase of native T1 (septal T1 = 1,120 ms) following the pattern of edema. AC = arterial cannula; ECG = electrocardiogram; EMB = endomyocardial biopsy; LV = left ventricle; PM = pacemaker; RV = right ventricle; VA-ECMO = veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; VC = venous cannula.
Supplemental Figure 1
Supplemental Figure 1
Late Gadolinium Enhancement Without Macroscopic Necrosis.
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