A Successful Case of Cardiac Arrest due to Acute Myocarditis with COVID-19: 120 Minutes on Manual Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation then Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Issue 6 (4th December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoang, Bui Hai; Tran, Huyen Trang; Nguyen, Tat Thanh; Nguyen, Minh Nguyen; Nguyen, Anh Dung; Do, Giang Phuc; Vu, Ngoc Tu; Nguyen, Mai; Nguyen, Lan Hieu; Nakahara, Shinji
• Is Part Of: Prehospital and disaster medicine. Volume 37:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 843
• Page End: 846
• Publication Date: 2022-12-04
• Subjects: cardiac arrest -- COVID-19 -- E-CPR -- myocarditis -- VA-ECMO; Emergency medical services -- Periodicals; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X2200139X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-023X

Abstract

Abstract: Acute myocarditis is one of the common complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a relatively high case fatality. Here reported is a fulminant case of a 42-year-old previously healthy woman with cardiogenic shock and refractory cardiac arrest due to COVID-19-induced myocarditis who received veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after 120 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This is the first adult case of cardiac arrest due to COVID-19-induced myocarditis supported by ECMO that fully recovered with normal neurological functions. The success of the treatment course with full recovery emphasized the potential role of ECMO in treating these patients.