Full recovery after prolonged resuscitation in a pediatric patient due to fulminant myocarditis: a case report with three-year follow-up

Full recovery after prolonged resuscitation in a pediatric patient due to fulminant myocarditis: a case report with three-year follow-up

Abstract Background Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a common life-threatening disease in pediatric patients, which can result in sudden cardiac arrest (CA). Whether prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is beneficial to FM induced CA is unknown. Case presentation We reported the case of an 8-y...

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Main Authors: Yanping Gu, Peng Xue, Hong-Lin Chen, Guojin Zou, Yongcheng Ni, Lin Li, Lijuan Lu, Hao Chen, Aibin Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Pediatric patients
Fulminant myocarditis
Prolonged resuscitation
Full recovery
Case report
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03158-9

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