title: [Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in acute cardiovascular failure caused by myocarditis].
abstract: Main indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is respiratory failure in the newborn. Less frequently ECMO is used for cardiac support. We report on a 4 months old boy, who suddenly fell ill with an acute viral myocarditis and heart failure (left-ventricular shortening fraction lowered to 17%). After failure of conventional management and resuscitation (twice) due to asystolic, veno-arterial ECMO was installed for a total time of 4 days. Under ECMO there was complete recovery of left-ventricular function; the infant was discharged 1 month after admission to hospital. ECMO-therapy should not only be considered in children with respiratory failure, but also in those with potentially reversible cardiac failure.
authors.affiliation: Kinderklinik, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Varnholt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lasch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kachel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teufel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suske
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liedgens
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Extrakorporale Membranoxygenierung (ECMO) bei akutem Herz-Kreislauf-Versagen infolge Myokarditis.