Cytomegalovirus Myocarditis Required Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Followed by Ganciclovir Treatment in Infant
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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: 199-202, 2016.
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in English
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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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Reference Values
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Stroke Volume
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Ganciclovir
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Cytomegalovirus
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Extracorporeal Circulation
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Heart
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Myocardial Contraction
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Myocarditis
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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