Successful treatment of fulminant myocarditis with biventricular mechanical circulatory support: A two-year follow-up

Abstract

Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is an inflammation of the myocardium characterized by progressive acute heart failure leading to cardiogenic shock that develops over several hours. In this article, we present a case of a female patient with acute fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis who was successfully treated with biventricular MCS.

Keywords

• Fulminant myocarditis
• case report